Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to buttress
Participle: buttressed
Gerund: buttressing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | buttress |
| you | buttress |
| he;she;it | buttresses |
| we | buttress |
| you | buttress |
| they | buttress |
Perfect
| I | have buttressed |
| you | have buttressed |
| he;she;it | has buttressed |
| we | have buttressed |
| you | have buttressed |
| they | have buttressed |
Past
| I | buttressed |
| you | buttressed |
| he;she;it | buttressed |
| we | buttressed |
| you | buttressed |
| they | buttressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttressed |
| you | had buttressed |
| he;she;it | had buttressed |
| we | had buttressed |
| you | had buttressed |
| they | had buttressed |
Future
| I | will buttress |
| you | will buttress |
| he;she;it | will buttress |
| we | will buttress |
| you | will buttress |
| they | will buttress |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buttressed |
| you | will have buttressed |
| he;she;it | will have buttressed |
| we | will have buttressed |
| you | will have buttressed |
| they | will have buttressed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | buttress |
| you | buttress |
| he;she;it | buttress |
| we | buttress |
| you | buttress |
| they | buttress |
Perfect
| I | have buttressed |
| you | have buttressed |
| he;she;it | have buttressed |
| we | have buttressed |
| you | have buttressed |
| they | have buttressed |
Imperfect
| I | buttressed |
| you | buttressed |
| he;she;it | buttressed |
| we | buttressed |
| you | buttressed |
| they | buttressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttressed |
| you | had buttressed |
| he;she;it | had buttressed |
| we | had buttressed |
| you | had buttressed |
| they | had buttressed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would buttress |
| you | would buttress |
| he;she;it | would buttress |
| we | would buttress |
| you | would buttress |
| they | would buttress |
Perfect
| I | would have buttressed |
| you | would have buttressed |
| he;she;it | would have buttressed |
| we | would have buttressed |
| you | would have buttressed |
| they | would have buttressed |
Imperative
| you | buttress |
| we | Let's buttress |
| you | buttress |
Verbs conjugated like 'buttress'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'buttress'
eustress,
mattress,
outdress,
outpress,
butter,
buttle,
buttweld,
destress,
distress,
duress,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1330, from O.Fr.
boutrez pl. of
bouter "to thrust against," of Frankish origin (cf. O.N.
bauta "to strike, beat"), from P.Gmc.
*butan, from PIE base
*bhau- "to strike" (see batter (v.)).
2. From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bautaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Buttressed by elaborate account statements and a deep reservoir of trust from his investors and regulators, Mr. Madoff steered his fraud scheme safely through a severe recession in the early 1990s, a global financial crisis in 1998 and the anxious aftermath of the terrorist attacks in September 2001. [2021 April 14, Diana B. Henriques, “Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]