Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb Law To impede or prohibit by estoppel.
- transitive verb Archaic To stop up.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bar; stop; debar; specifically, in law, to bar, prevent, or preclude, usually by one's own act. See
estoppel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Law) To impede or bar by estoppel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To impede or bar by
estoppel . - verb To
stop up , toplug
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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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.
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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 2002
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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.
Stephen Herrington: There's No Difference Between Democrats and Republicans 2010
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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.
Stephen Herrington: There's No Difference Between Democrats and Republicans 2010
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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.
Stephen Herrington: There's No Difference Between Democrats and Republicans 2010
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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?
Christine Pelosi: Blanket Boycotts Won't Achieve Social Justice 2010
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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.
Stephen Herrington: There's No Difference Between Democrats and Republicans 2010
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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, 2009
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FirmA: Smile for Kiss arg .. ya tenia abandonadoh estop xDDDD
crazydark Diary Entry crazydark 2008
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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.
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