estop
Americanverb (used with object)
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Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
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Archaic. to stop.
verb
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law to preclude by estoppel
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archaic to stop
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of estop
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French estopper, Old French estoper to stop up, derivative of estoupe < Latin stuppa tow. Cf. stuff
Example Sentences
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Sige's theoretical knowledge of war and his experience were then felt to be so overshadowing to everybody else's as to estop criticism.
From The Struggle for Missouri by McElroy, John
I told him that the children were in the habit of getting them from the meadow beyond, hoping to estop the suggestion I knew was coming.
From Drift from Two Shores by Harte, Bret
By voting for our opponents, such of us as do it in some measure estop ourselves to complain of their acts, however glaringly wrong we may believe them to be.
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Lincoln, Abraham
"I know Theriff Briggth, he rid over the boundary with a lot o' men and horthes," said Johnny, with that hurried delivery with which he was able to estop interruption.
From Cressy by Harte, Bret
But are expressions of this sort, are mere supplications uttered under duress, to estop every person who utters them, and all his posterity to the end of time, from asking for entire justice?
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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