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abutted
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: abut )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border , adjoin , edge , march , butt , butt against , butt on ] [also: abutting , abutted ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Abutting .] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; ...
Usage examples of abutted.
The genes that had been at the end of chromosome two now abutted the genes at the beginning of chromosome three, somewhere in the middle of the new, combined chromosome.
Jame recognized him as Hangrell, the apprentice of a rather disreputable master, whose territory abutted the Lower Town on the west.
Enclosures simply abutted one another, opening directly from space to space in a honeycomb maze.