Webster's Dictionary 1913

7075

Attenuate (3)

{ At‐ten″u‐ate (�), At‐ten″u‐a′ted (�), } a. [L. attenuatus, p. p.] 1. Made thin or slender.2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon.

7076

Attenuation

At‐ten′u‐a″tion (�), n. [L. attenuatio: cf. F. atténuation.] 1. The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.2. The act of attenuating; the ac...

7077

Atter

At″ter (�), n. [AS. ǣtter.] Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. Holland.

7078

Attercop

At″ter‐cop (�), n. [AS. attercoppa a spider; ǣtter poison + coppa head, cup.] 1. A spider.2. A peevish, ill-natured person.

7079

Atterrate

At‐ter‐rate (�), v. t. [It. atterrare (cf. LL. atterrare to cast to earth); L. ad + terra earth, land.] To fill up with alluvial earth. Ray.

7080

Atterration

At′ter‐ra″tion (�), n. The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth.

7081

Attest

At″test″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Attested; p. pr. & vb. n.Attesting.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.] 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm...

7082

Attest (2)

At‐test″, n. Witness; testimony; attestation.The attest of eyes and ears.Shak.

7083

Attestation

At′tes‐ta″tion (�), n. [L. attestatio: cf. F. attestation.] The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; ...

7084

Attestative

At‐test″a‐tive (�), a. Of the nature of attestation.

7085

Attester

{ At‐test″er (�), At‐test″or (�), } n. One who attests.

7086

Attestive

At‐test″ive (�), a. Attesting; furnishing evidence.

7087

Attic

At″tic (�), a. [L. Atticus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; cl...

7088

Attic (2)

At″tic, n. [In sense (a) from F. attique, orig. meaning Attic. See Attic, a.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; — a...

7089

Attical

At″tic‐al (�), a. Attic. Hammond.

7090

Atticism

At″ti‐cism (�), n. 1. A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.2. The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.

7091

Atticize

At″ti‐cize (�), v. t. To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.

7092

Atticize (2)

At″ti‐cize, v. i. 1. To side with the Athenians.2. To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

7093

Attiguous

At‐tig″u‐ous (�), a. [L. attiguus, fr. attingere to touch. See Attain.] Touching; bordering; contiguous.— At‐tig″u‐ous‐ness, n.

7094

Attinge

At‐tinge″ (�), v. t. [L. attingere to touch. See Attain.] To touch lightly. Coles.

7095

Attire

At‐tire″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Attired (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Attiring.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; à (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin...

7096

Attire (2)

At‐tire″, n. 1. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.Earth in her rich attire.Milton.I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire.S...

7097

Attired

At‐tired″ (�), p. p.(Her.) Provided with antlers, as a stag.

7098

Attirement

At‐tire″ment (�), n. Attire; adornment.

7099

Attirer

At‐tir″er (�), n. One who attires.

7100

Attitude

At″ti‐tude (�), n. [It. attitudine, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus suited, fitted: cf. F. attitude. Cf. Aptitude.] 1. (Paint. & Sculp.) The posture, action, or disposition of a figu...

7101

Attitudinal

At′ti‐tu″di‐nal (�), a. Relating to attitude.