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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'abut' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions abut verb (abut, t, ing) (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet. In a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia. His land abuts on the road. (transitive) To abut on. Translations:  Dutch: grenzen (trans-mid) Etymology: From Old French abouter, aboter; compare French aboutir, and also abuter; a (Latin ad) + Old French boter, buter, to push: compare French bout end, and but end, purpose.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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