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abut
English
Alternative forms
- abutt
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) +? butt (“boundary mark”).
Verb
abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)
- (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Usage notes
Followed by any of the following words: upon, on or (obsolete) to.
Translations
Etymology 2
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”)
Verb
abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)
- (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
Usage notes
Followed by any of the following words: upon, on, or against.
References
Anagrams
- Batu, Taub, Tuba, batu, buat, buta, tabu, tuba
Hiligaynon
Verb
abút (frequentative abút-abút)
- arrive at a place
Verb
ábut (frequentative abút-ábut)
- to catch up with or overtake
Kapampangan
Verb
ábut
- to reach
References
- Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary?[1], University of Hawaii Press, ?ISBN, page 2
Kiput
Etymology
From Proto-North Sarawak *rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rabut.
Verb
abut
- to pluck
Limos Kalinga
Noun
abút
- hole
Yola
Alternative forms
- abouten
Etymology
From Middle English aboute, abouten, from Old English ab?tan.
Preposition
abut
- about
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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adjoins
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d???nz/
Verb
adjoins
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
French
Verb
adjoins
- first-person singular present indicative of adjoindre
- second-person singular present indicative of adjoindre
- second-person singular imperative of adjoindre
adjoins From the web:
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