estop

American  

[e-stop] / ɛˈstɒp /

verb (used with object)

estopped, estopping

1. Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.

2. Archaic. to stop.

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estop British  

/ ɪˈstɒp /

verb

1. law to preclude by estoppel

2. archaic to stop

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Other Word Forms

• estoppage noun
• unestopped adjective

Etymology

Origin of estop

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

Example Sentences

That is certainly strong moral proof—and perhaps legal corroborative evidence," said Arthur, coolly; "but it will not legally estop her proving that she is his sister—if she can do so.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

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 replied, "O my lord, can a slipper estop the flowing of a water that feedeth a Hammam?"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

By publishing his new libel, you estop yourself from denying me this freedom.

From A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel by Abbot, Francis Ellingwood

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