ATROCIOUSNESS
ATRO'CIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being enormously criminal or cruel.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ATROCITY
ATROC'ITY, noun Enormous wickedness; extreme hainousness or cruelty; as the atrocity of murder.
ATROPHY
AT'ROPHY, noun [Gr. a priv. and to nourish.]A consumption or wasting of the flesh, with loss of strength, without any sensible cause or hectic fever; a wasting from defect of no...
ATROPIA
ATRO'PIA, noun A new vegetable alkali extracted from the atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade. It is white, brilliant and crystallizes in long needles.
ATTACH
ATTACH', verb transitive [Gr.; Latin tango, for tago, Eng. tack; etc. See attack and Tack.1. To take by legal authority; to arrest the person by writ, to answer for a debt; appl...
ATTACHABLE
ATTACH'ABLE, adjective That may be legally attached; liable to be taken by writ or precept.
ATTACHED
ATTACH'ED, participle passive Taken by writ or precept; drawn to and fixed, or united by affection or interest.
ATTACHING
ATTACH'ING, participle present tense Taking or seizing by commandment or writ; drawing to, and fixing by influence; winning the affections.
ATTACHMENT
ATTACH'MENT, noun1. A taking of the person, goods or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, to secure a debt or demand.2. A writ directing the person or estate of a pers...
ATTACK
ATTACK', verb intransitive [Heb. to thrust, to drive, to strike.1. To assault; to fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms. It is the appropriate word for the com...
ATTACKED
ATTACK'ED, participle passive Assaulted; invaded; fallen on by force or enmity.
ATTACKER
ATTACK'ER, noun One who assaults or invades.
ATTACKING
ATTACK'ING, participle present tense Assaulting; invading; falling on with force, calumny or criticism.
ATTACOTTIC
ATTACOT'TIC, adjective Pertaining to the Attacotti, a tribe of ancient Britons, allies of the Scots.
ATTAGEN
AT'TAGEN, noun A beautiful fowl, resembling the pheasant, with a short black bill and a fine crest of yellow feathers, variegated with black and white spots, found in the mounta...
ATTAIN
ATTA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin attingo, to reach, come to or overtake; ad and tango, to touch, reach or strike; that is, to thrust, urge or push to. it has no connection with...
ATTAINABLE
ATTA'INABLE, adjective That may be attained; that may be reached by efforts of the mind or body; that may be compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object; as, per...
ATTAINABLENESS
ATTA'INABLENESS, noun The quality of being attainable.
ATTAINDER
ATTA'INDER, noun [Latin ad and tingo, to stain; Gr. See Tinge.]1. Literally a staining, corruption, or rendering impure; a corruption of blood. Hence,2. The judgment of death, o...
ATTAINMENT
ATTA'INMENT, noun1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of obtaining by efforts; as the attainment of excellence.2. That which is attained to...
ATTAINT
ATTA'INT, verb transitive [See Attainder.]1. To taint or corrupt; to extinguish the pure or inheritable blood of a person found guilty of treason or felony, by confession, battl...
ATTAINTED
ATTA'INTED, participle passive Stained; corrupted; rendered infamous; rendered incapable of inheriting.
ATTAINTING
ATTA'INTING, participle present tense Staining; corrupting; rendering infamous by judicial act; depriving of inheritable blood.
ATTAINTMENT
ATTA'INTMENT, noun The being attainted.
ATTAINTURE
ATTA'INTURE, noun A staining or rendering infamous; reproach; imputation.
ATTAR
AT'TAR, noun The essential oil or essence of roses.OT'TER, noun [Latin lutra.]A quadruped of the genus Mustela, nearly two feet in length, of a brown color, with short legs, amp...
ATTASK
ATTASK', verb transitive To task; to tax. [Not used. See Task.]