ATTASTE
ATTA'STE, verb transitive To taste. [Not used. See Taste.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ATTEMPER
ATTEM'PER, verb transitive [Latin attempero, of ad and tempero, to temper, mix, or moderate. See Temper.]1. To reduce, modify or moderate by mixture; as, to attemper heat by a c...
ATTEMPERANCE
ATTEM'PERANCE, noun Temperance. [Not used.]
ATTEMPERATE
ATTEM'PERATE, adjective [Latin attemperatus.]Tempered; proportioned; suited.Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise.ATTEM'PERATE, verb transitive To attemper. [...
ATTEMPERED
ATTEM'PERED, participle present tense Reduced in quality; moderated; softened; well mixed; suited.
ATTEMPERING
ATTEM'PERING, participle present tense Moderating in quality; softening; mixing in due proportion; making suitable.
ATTEMPERLY
ATTEM'PERLY, adverb In a temperate manner. [Not in use.]
ATTEMPT
ATTEMPT', verb transitive [Latin attento, to attempt of ad and tento, to try; tento is from the same root as tendo, to strain; Gr. Hence, the literal sense is to strain, urge, s...
ATTEMPTABLE
ATTEMPT'ABLE, adjective That may be attempted, tried or attacked; liable to an attempt, or attack.
ATTEMPTED
ATTEMPT'ED, participle passive Essayed; tried; attacked.
ATTEMPTER
ATTEMPT'ER, noun One who attempts, or attacks.
ATTEMPTING
ATTEMPT'ING, participle present tense Trying; essaying; making an effort to gain a point; attacking.
ATTEND
ATTEND', verb transitive [Latin attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch, to tend. See Tend.]1. To go with, or accompany, as a companion, minister or servant.2. To be present; to accom...
ATTENDANCE
ATTEND'ANCE, noun1. The act of waiting on, or serving.Of which no man gave attendance at the altar. Hebrews 7:13.2. A waiting on; a being present on business of any kind; as, th...
ATTENDANT
ATTEND'ANT, adjective1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train.Other suns with their attendant moons.2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as conseque...
ATTENDED
ATTEND'ED, participle passive Accompanied; having attendants; served; waited on.
ATTENDER
ATTEND'ER, noun One who attends; a companion; an associate. [Little used.]
ATTENDING
ATTEND'ING, participle present tense Going with; accompanying; waiting on; superintending or taking care of; being present; immediately consequent to; serving; listening; regard...
ATTENT
ATTENT', adjective Attentive. 2 Chronicles 6:40.
ATTENTATES
ATTENT'ATES, noun Proceedings in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
ATTENTION
ATTEN'TION, noun1. The act of attending or heeding; the due application of the ear to sounds, or of the mind to objects presented to its contemplation. [Literally, a stretching ...
ATTENTIVE
ATTENT'IVE, adjectiveHeedful; intent; observant; regarding with care. It is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mi...
ATTENTIVELY
ATTENT'IVELY, adverb Heedfully; carefully; with fixed attention.
ATTENTIVENESS
ATTENT'IVENESS, noun The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention.
ATTENUANT
ATTEN'UANT, adjective [See Attenuate.]Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid.ATTEN'UANT, noun A medicine which thins the humors, subtilizes their part...
ATTENUATE
ATTEN'UATE, verb transitive [Latin attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see.]1. To make thin or less consistent; to subtilize or break the humors of ...
ATTENUATED
ATTEN'UATED, participle present tense Made thin or less viscid; comminuted; made slender. In botany, growing slender towards the point.