Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Law To impede or prohibit by estoppel.
- v. Archaic To stop up.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bar; stop; debar; specifically, in law, to bar, prevent, or preclude, usually by one's own act. See estoppel.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To impede or bar by estoppel.
Etymologies
- Middle English estoppen, from Anglo-Norman estopper, from Vulgar Latin *stuppāre, to stop up; see stop.
Examples
“I realized then at its urging that I must rise to fill an urgent void, that I must again estop the dike, that again I must needs for the good of this community stretch myself as a coat to cover the puddle, that Charlottesville might cross unsoiled.”
Downtown Charlottesville's Leading Public Intellectual at cvillenews.com
“Might there be efforts to elect Democrats in November, place an referendum on the ballot, or estop implementation of the Arizona law before travel bans and cancelled contracts?”
The Huffington Post: Christine Pelosi: Blanket Boycotts Won't Achieve Social Justice
“Since the left is not as afraid of the right as it should be, it leads to a political estop beyond which the left is reluctant to go, the geopolitical analogue of the Korean 38th parallel.”
The Huffington Post: Stephen Herrington: There's No Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
“At the core of this political estop of action by the left and center is the unfounded faith that Republicans will not completely renew, or do worse than, what they did the last time they had power.”
The Huffington Post: Stephen Herrington: There's No Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
“When it comes time to argue in the Israeli forum, there is nothing in that brief that would “judicially estop” him from investing “some of his charm and charisma in wooing the Israeli public.””
The Volokh Conspiracy » Only 6% of Jewish Israelis think Obama is Pro-Israel,
“FirmA: Smile for Kiss arg .. ya tenia abandonadoh estop xDDDD”
“But that's muddled thinking: the point of those terms legally is first to put players on notice that Blizzard makes these claims, and second to estop players from trying to dispute them.”
“He perceived that the object was to estop, by his admissions, any objections to the course pursued in permitting the Taranteens to leave, which he might afterwards be disposed to make.”
“Enemies appeared, who threatened to estop their work, but some worked while others watched, with arms in hand, ready to defend.”
“Alfred boldly declared that Uncle Ned was interfering and further that they could not hold him; even if they did estop him from going with the minstrels, he would run off to the oil regions.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘estop’.
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Logolepsy
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Can't Stop Won't Stop
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