• Instop

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From - + stop.

    Full definition of instop

    Verb

    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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