CONTIGUITY, CONTIGUOUS
ADJECTIVES
1494 ► contiguous, lying next → ADJOINANT → obs.
1566 ► contiguous, bordering, neighbouring → ABORDERING → obs. rare
1846 ► contiguous, touching → TANGENT
NOUNS
1819 ► contiguity; state of contact → TANGENCY
VERBS
1819 ► to be contiguous; to adjoin, to border on; to bound, form a boundary to → MARCH → Sc.
1819 ► to be contiguous; to be or lie close, or in contact → ADJOIN
1894 ► to be contiguous with; to bound, to border → MEAR → Eng. dial.
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