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noun | verb buttressbuttress1 /ˈbʌtrɪs/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYbuttress1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French boterez, from boter; ➔ BUTT2 a brick or stone structure built to support a wall noun | verb buttressbuttress2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEbuttress |
Present | I, you, we, they | buttress | | he, she, it | buttresses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | buttressed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have buttressed | | he, she, it | has buttressed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had buttressed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will buttress | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have buttressed |
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Present | I | am buttressing | | he, she, it | is buttressing | | you, we, they | are buttressing | Past | I, he, she, it | was buttressing | | you, we, they | were buttressing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been buttressing | | he, she, it | has been buttressing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been buttressing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be buttressing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been buttressing |
to support a system, idea, argument, etc.: The professor gave statistics to buttress his argument. |