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abut

a·but [ ə bút ] (past and past participle a·but·ted, present participle a·but·ting, 3rd person present singular a·buts)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
be adjacent: to touch or be adjacent to something along one side

[15th century. Partly < Anglo-Latin abuttare< butta "ridge or strip of land"; partly < Old French aboter "aim at" < boter "strike" < Germanic]

a·but·ter noun
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