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estop

es·top [ e stóp ] (past and past participle es·topped, present participle es·top·ping, 3rd person present singular es·tops)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
prevent by legal rule: to use the legal rule of estoppel to prevent something

[15th century. < Anglo-Norman, Old French estopper "plug up" < Latin stuppa "tow, broken flax" (used for plugging gaps)]

es·top·page noun
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