Answer:The stately and dignified tone of the preamble-like the introduction-comes partly from what the 18thcentury called Style Periodique,in which,as Hugh Blaire explained in his Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres,the sentences are composed of several members linked together,and hanging upon one.
Answer: The meaning is: sharing a common border; touching. (ADJECTIVE)
SYNONYMS (: adjacent · neighboring · adjoining near · nearby · close )
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