be contiguous to

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To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; Ð with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The admiral's grave happening not to be contiguous to the church or church-yard wall, a wall was built to support the slab.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

There being no odor whatever, if properly attended to, it may be contiguous to the dwelling.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various

And if in Trinity, that the said roome be contiguous to, and      have communication with, the new library there.

From Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life by Bright, Mynors

When a number of these villages, belonging to different septs, come to be contiguous to one another, this mere juxtaposition does not make of them a State.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.