estop

[ e-stop ]

/ ɛˈstɒp /

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verb (used with object), es·topped, es·top·ping.

Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.

Archaic. to stop.

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Origin of estop

1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-French estopper,Old French estoper to stop up, derivative of estoupe<Latin stuppa tow. Cf. stuff

OTHER WORDS FROM estop

un·es·topped, adjective

Words nearby estop

estivation, estoc, estocada, Estonia, Estonian, estop, esto perpetua, estoppage, estoppel, Estoril, Estournelles de Constant, d'

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How to use estop in a sentence

By publishing his new libel, you estop yourself from denying me this freedom.
A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University|Francis Ellingwood Abbot
But—but how can a stroke of the pen, a mere gesture, estop a whole class of American citizens forever?
Birthright|T.S. Stribling
Such was alien to his kindly nature; and if it had not been, there were other causes to estop him from any such indulgence.
The Memories of Fifty Years|William H. Sparks
This alone, it would seem, ought to estop him from a new trial.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906|Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead

All these inhibitory influences which generally produce negation do not estop Mr. Hughes.
Behind the Mirrors|Clinton W. Gilbert

British Dictionary definitions for estop

estop

/ (ɪˈstɒp) /

verb -tops, -topping or -topped (tr)

law to preclude by estoppel

archaic to stop

Derived forms of estop

estoppage, noun

Word Origin for estop

C15: from Old French estoper to plug, ultimately from Latin stuppa tow; see stop

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estop

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