| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·but |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -b t |
| 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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