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   es·top

   /əˈstäp/

   verb

   • 1. bar or preclude by estoppel: "the company may be estopped from denying either statement"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘stop up, dam, plug’): from Old French estopper ‘stop up, impede’, from late Latin stuppare, from Latin stuppa ‘tow, oakum’. Compare with stop and stuff.

   Derivatives

   • 1. estoppage noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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