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