abut

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈbʌt/ UK /əˈbʌt/ See IPA manual

Freq #47775

Meanings

1

verb
to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

Florida and Georgia abut.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to lie adjacent to another... march

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Word family

Forms abutsabuttedabutting

Derived forms abutmentabuttalabutter

Related forms butt buttress

Etymology

From Middle English abutten, from Old French aboter (“to touch at one end, border on”), abouter (“to join end to end”), abuter (“to buttress, to put an end to”), from a- (“towards”) + bout (“end”), boter, bouter (“to strike”), buter (“to strike, finish”). Equivalent to a- (“towards, change to”) + butt (“push”)

abutten Middle English aboter Old French

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