Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to button up
Participle: buttoned up
Gerund: buttoning up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | button up |
| you | button up |
| he;she;it | buttons up |
| we | button up |
| you | button up |
| they | button up |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned up |
| you | have buttoned up |
| he;she;it | has buttoned up |
| we | have buttoned up |
| you | have buttoned up |
| they | have buttoned up |
Past
| I | buttoned up |
| you | buttoned up |
| he;she;it | buttoned up |
| we | buttoned up |
| you | buttoned up |
| they | buttoned up |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned up |
| you | had buttoned up |
| he;she;it | had buttoned up |
| we | had buttoned up |
| you | had buttoned up |
| they | had buttoned up |
Future
| I | will button up |
| you | will button up |
| he;she;it | will button up |
| we | will button up |
| you | will button up |
| they | will button up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buttoned up |
| you | will have buttoned up |
| he;she;it | will have buttoned up |
| we | will have buttoned up |
| you | will have buttoned up |
| they | will have buttoned up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | button up |
| you | button up |
| he;she;it | button up |
| we | button up |
| you | button up |
| they | button up |
Perfect
| I | have buttoned up |
| you | have buttoned up |
| he;she;it | have buttoned up |
| we | have buttoned up |
| you | have buttoned up |
| they | have buttoned up |
Imperfect
| I | buttoned up |
| you | buttoned up |
| he;she;it | buttoned up |
| we | buttoned up |
| you | buttoned up |
| they | buttoned up |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttoned up |
| you | had buttoned up |
| he;she;it | had buttoned up |
| we | had buttoned up |
| you | had buttoned up |
| they | had buttoned up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would button up |
| you | would button up |
| he;she;it | would button up |
| we | would button up |
| you | would button up |
| they | would button up |
Perfect
| I | would have buttoned up |
| you | would have buttoned up |
| he;she;it | would have buttoned up |
| we | would have buttoned up |
| you | would have buttoned up |
| they | would have buttoned up |
Imperative
| you | button up |
| we | Let's button up |
| you | button up |
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.