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Abut I Border Adjacent Attested Walked Round Corner

word abut
sentence I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend’s premises, and felt that I had solved my problem.
definition [verb]
1. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

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