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The definition of abut is to touch or be next to something.

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An example of abut is the shoulder that borders a road.

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intransitive verb abutted, abutting

to end (on) or lean (upon) at one end; border (on); terminate (against)

Origin: ME aboutien < OFr abouter, to join end to end < a-, to + bout, end

transitive verb

to end at; border upon

See abut in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb a·but·ted, a·but·ting, a·buts

verb, intransitive

To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.

verb, transitive

To border upon or end at; be next to.
To support as an abutment.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English abutten

Origin: , from Old French abouter, to border on (a-, to from Latin ad-; see ad- + bouter, to strike; see bhau- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: and from Old French abuter, to end at (from but, end; see butt⁴)

Related Forms:

a·butˈter noun

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