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Definition: ABUTTED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Abut.[Websters]
2. To be limited. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have adjoined, reached, passed, occurred or overpowered. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have rested or reposed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have achieved, arrived or managed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have attained or ejaculated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have supported, enforced or stayed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have carried, backed, gained or obtained.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb abut.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(abut)
1. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.[Wordnet].
2. To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: abutting, abutted, abuts, abutter, abutters, abuttingly and abuttedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Abutted" is a common misspelling or typo for: abutter.

Date "Abutted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1820. (references)

Definition: ABUTTED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Abut.[Websters]
2. To be limited. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have adjoined, reached, passed, occurred or overpowered. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have rested or reposed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have achieved, arrived or managed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have attained or ejaculated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have supported, enforced or stayed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have carried, backed, gained or obtained.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb abut.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(abut)
1. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.[Wordnet].
2. To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: abutting, abutted, abuts, abutter, abutters, abuttingly and abuttedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"ABUTTED" is a common misspelling or typo for: abutter.

Date "ABUTTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1820. (references)

Specialty Definition: abut

DomainDefinition
EnvironmentTo reach; to touch. In old law, the ends were said to abut, the sides to adjoin. The term “abutting” implies a closer proximity than the term “adjacent.”. (references)
WikipedicIn property law, when two parcels abut it means they are adjacent to each other and up against each others' borders. This often leads to disputes among neighbors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: abut

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Abut Head2   Abut2
Abut2   Abut Head2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).