verb (used without object)
1.
to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against ): This piece of land abuts on a street.
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| —vb (usually foll by on, upon, | |
| to adjoin, touch, or border on (something) at one end | |
| [C15: from Old French abouter to join at the ends, border on; influenced by abuter to touch at an end, buttress] | |
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abut
early 13c., from O.Fr. abouter "join end to end," from à "to" + bout "end" (see See butt (n.3)).
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