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button verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
I. Corresp. to BUTTON noun 1.
verb trans. Provide or adorn with a button or buttons. LME.
verb trans. Fasten or secure with buttons; fasten the clothing of (a person, esp. oneself) with buttons. Freq. foll. by up. LME.
R. L. Stevenson I buttoned myself into my coat.
b. verb trans. fig. Close (up) tightly, fasten, confine. L16.
button one's lip, button one's face slang be silent, stop talking.
Carlyle Thoughtswhich he must button close up.
c. verb intrans. Fasten one's buttons up. M19.
verb intrans. Of a garment: be (able to be) fastened (up) with buttons. L18.
II. Corresp. to BUTTON noun 2.
verb intrans. Of (a part of) a plant: bud; assume a globular shape. LME.
Comb.: button-down adjective (orig. US) (of a collar) having the points buttoned to the shirt; button-through adjective (of a dress etc.) fastening by buttons over its whole length; button-up adjective that buttons up.
? Earlier in UNBUTTON.
buttoning noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) (now rare) a button fastening, a button: L16.