abut. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

abut

SYLLABICATION:	a·but
PRONUNCIATION:	-bt
VERB:	Inflected forms: a·but·ted, a·but·ting, a·buts
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To border upon or end at; be next to. 2. To support as an abutment.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English abutten, from Old French abouter, to border on ( a-, to, from Latin ad-; see ad– + bouter, to strike; see bhau- in Appendix I) and from Old French abuter, to end at (from but, end; see butt⁴).
OTHER FORMS:	a·butter —NOUN


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