instop

English

Alternative forms

  • enstop

Etymology

From in- + stop.

Verb

instop (third-person singular simple present instops, present participle instopping, simple past and past participle instopped)

  1. (transitive) To stop; close; shut; make fast.
    • 1905, Florida. Supreme Court, Cases adjudicated: Volume 47:
      Borrowing members of an insolvent building and loan association are not enstopped from contesting a scheme of settlement agreed upon by a majority of the stockholders and adopted by the court on bill filed by certain other members, [...]

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