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Synonyms for estop


Grammar : Verb
Spell : e-stop
Phonetic Transcription : ɛˈstɒp



Définition of estop

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Anglo-French estopper "to stop, bar, hinder" (especially in a legal sense, by one's own prior act or declaration), from Old French estoper "plug, stop up, block; prevent, halt" (also in obscene usage), from estope "tow, oakum," from Latin stuppa "tow" (used as a plug); see stop (v.).
  • verb impede
Example sentences :
  • All these inhibitory influences which generally produce negation do not estop Mr. Hughes.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Mirrors » by Clinton W. Gilbert
  • This alone, it would seem, ought to estop him from a new trial.
  • Extract from : « The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906 » by Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead
  • But—but how can a stroke of the pen, a mere gesture, estop a whole class of American citizens forever?
  • Extract from : « Birthright » by T.S. Stribling
  • Such was alien to his kindly nature; and if it had not been, there were other causes to estop him from any such indulgence.
  • Extract from : « The Memories of Fifty Years » by William H. Sparks
  • By publishing his new libel, you estop yourself from denying me this freedom.
  • Extract from : « A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University » by Francis Ellingwood Abbot

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