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Butted
(gcide) | But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Butting.]
See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
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Butted
(gcide) | Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Butting.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See
Butt an end, and cf. Boutade.]
1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to
terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also but.]
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And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
ground. --Drayton.
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2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]
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A snow-white steer before thine altar led,
Butts with his threatening brows. --Dryden.
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rebutted
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Abutted
(gcide) | Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Abutting.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also
abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout
end, and but end, purpose.]
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
road.
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Rebutted
(gcide) | Rebut \Re*but"\ (r[-e]*b[u^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.] [OF. rebouter to repulse, drive
back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt,
Boutade.]
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1. To drive or beat back; to repulse.
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Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce rebutted back. --Spenser.
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2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or
countervailing proof. --Abbott.
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