Adjacent
Adjacent ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin adjacens, -centis, present participle of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacēre to lie: compare French adjacent.]
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
The adjacent forest.
I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians.
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Adjacent , noun
That which is adjacent. [Rare] — Locke