Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to button
Participle: buttoned
Gerund: buttoning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | button |
| you | button |
| he;she;it | buttons |
| we | button |
| you | button |
| they | button |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned |
| you | have buttoned |
| he;she;it | has buttoned |
| we | have buttoned |
| you | have buttoned |
| they | have buttoned |
Past
| I | buttoned |
| you | buttoned |
| he;she;it | buttoned |
| we | buttoned |
| you | buttoned |
| they | buttoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned |
| you | had buttoned |
| he;she;it | had buttoned |
| we | had buttoned |
| you | had buttoned |
| they | had buttoned |
Future
| I | will button |
| you | will button |
| he;she;it | will button |
| we | will button |
| you | will button |
| they | will button |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buttoned |
| you | will have buttoned |
| he;she;it | will have buttoned |
| we | will have buttoned |
| you | will have buttoned |
| they | will have buttoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | button |
| you | button |
| he;she;it | button |
| we | button |
| you | button |
| they | button |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned |
| you | have buttoned |
| he;she;it | have buttoned |
| we | have buttoned |
| you | have buttoned |
| they | have buttoned |
Imperfect
| I | buttoned |
| you | buttoned |
| he;she;it | buttoned |
| we | buttoned |
| you | buttoned |
| they | buttoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned |
| you | had buttoned |
| he;she;it | had buttoned |
| we | had buttoned |
| you | had buttoned |
| they | had buttoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would button |
| you | would button |
| he;she;it | would button |
| we | would button |
| you | would button |
| they | would button |
Perfect
| I | would have buttoned |
| you | would have buttoned |
| he;she;it | would have buttoned |
| we | would have buttoned |
| you | would have buttoned |
| they | would have buttoned |
Imperative
| you | button |
| we | Let's button |
| you | button |
Verbs conjugated like 'button'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'button'
baton,
batoon,
batten,
bottom,
butt,
butter,
buttle,
butty,
cotton,
glutton,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1265, from O.Fr. bouton, boton "a button, bud," from bouter, boter "to thrust" (see butt (v.)). Thus a button is, etymologically, something that pushes up, or thrusts out. Button-hole (n.) is from 1561; the verb is from 1862, an alteration of button-hold (1834) "to catch someone by the button and hold him in conversation against his will."
2. From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).
Sample Sentences
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He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. [1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 50, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:]
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The coat will not button.