[uh-buht] 
verb, a⋅but⋅ted, a⋅but⋅ting.| 1. | to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often fol. by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street. |
| 2. | to be adjacent to; border on; end at. |
| 3. | to support by an abutment. |
| a·but (ə-bŭt') v. a·but·ted, a·but·ting, a·buts v. intr. To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent. v. tr.
[Middle English abutten, from Old French abouter, to border on (a-, to from Latin ad-; see ad- + bouter, to strike; see bhau- in Indo-European roots) and from Old French abuter, to end at (from but, end; see butt4).] a·but'ter n. |
