Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 106
Attaint (n.) 公民權喪失；汙點；恥辱 A touch or hit. -- Sir W. Scott.
Attaint (n.) (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. -- White.
Attaint (n.) (Law) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried. -- Bouvier.
Attaint (n.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. -- Shak.
Attaint (v.) An infecting influence. [R.] -- Shak.
Attaint (v.) Bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour, reward].
Attaint (v.) Condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted."
Attaint (n.) English law. 1. Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2. A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict. Bract. lib. 4, tr. 1, c. 134; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 22, Sec. 8.
Attaint (n.) It was a trial by jury of twenty-four men empanelled to try the goodness, of a former verdict. 3 Bl. Com. 351; 3 Gilb. Ev. by Lofft, 1146. See Assize.
Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.
Compare: Attainder
Attainder (n.) (Historical)【史】【律】被剝奪財產和公民權利 The forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony.
‘The attainder of the fourth Duke of Norfolk.’
[Mass noun] ‘Robert's loyalty to Margaret of Anjou led to attainder and forfeiture.’
Bill of attainder (ph.) (Historical) 褫奪公民權法案；褫奪私權法案 An item of legislation (prohibited by the US Constitution) that inflicts attainder without judicial process.
Compare: Forfeiture
Forfeiture (n.) （財產等的）沒收；（權利、名譽等的）喪失[U][（+of）] The loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing.
‘The court ordered the forfeiture of his computer.’
Compare: Conviction
Conviction (n.) 定罪；證明有罪 [U] [C]；確信，信念 [U] [C] [+（that）]；說服力 [U] A formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
‘She had a previous conviction for a similar offense.’
Conviction (n.) A firmly held belief or opinion.
‘She takes pride in stating her political convictions.’
‘His conviction that the death was no accident.’
Conviction (n.) The quality of showing that one is firmly convinced of what one believes or says.
‘His voice lacked conviction.’
Attainture (n.) Attainder; disgrace.
Compare: Disgrace
Disgrace (n.) 丟臉，恥辱，不光彩；失寵 [U]；丟臉的事；丟臉的人 [S] [（+to）] Loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonorable action.
‘He left the army in disgrace.’
‘If he'd gone back it would have brought disgrace on the family.’
Disgrace (n.) [In singular] A person or thing regarded as shameful and unacceptable.
‘He's a disgrace to the legal profession.’
Disgrace (v. t.) 使丟臉，使蒙受恥辱；使失寵；貶黜 Bring shame or discredit on (someone or something).
‘You have disgraced the family name.’
‘John stiffened his jaw so he wouldn't disgrace himself by crying.’
Disgrace (v. t.) (Be disgraced) Fall from favor or lose a position of power or honor.
‘He has been publicly disgraced for offenses of which he was not guilty.’
Attal (n.) Same as Attle.
Attame (v. t.) To pierce; to attack. [Obs.]
Attame (v. t.) To broach; to begin.
And right anon his tale he hath attamed. -- Chaucer.
Attaminate (v. t.) To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate. [Obs.] -- Blount.
Attapeu (n.) Also written as Attopu or Attapu, 阿速坡是寮國的城鎮，也是阿速坡省的首府，位於該國南部，始建於1560年，海拔高度93米，是該國國家主席朱馬利·賽雅貢的出生地，人口約4,900，居民主要信奉佛教。Is the capital of Attapeu Province, Laos. It is the southernmost among provincial capitals in Laos opposite Phongsali in the north.
Attar (n.) A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written otto and ottar.]
Attar (n.) Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar, ottar].
Attask (v. t.) To take to task; to blame. -- Shak.
Attaste (v. t.) To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Atte () At the. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Attempered (imp. & p. p.) of Attemper.
Attempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attemper.
Attemper (v. t.) 使緩和；調度；調節；鍛鍊 To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. -- Trench.
Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
Attemper (v. t.) To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.
Attemper (v. t.) To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
Arts . . . attempered to the lyre. -- Pope.
Note: This word is now not much used, the verb temper taking its place.
Attemper (v.) Modify the temperature of; "attemper the air."
Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.
Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Attemperate (a.) Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
Hope must be . . . attemperate to the promise. -- Hammond.
Attemperate (v. t.) To attemper. [Archaic]
Attemperation (n.) The act of attempering or regulating. [Archaic] -- Bacon.
Attemperly (adv.) Temperately. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Attemperment (n.) Attemperament.
Attempted (imp. & p. p.) of Attempt.
Attempting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attempt.
Attempt (v. t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. -- Longfellow.
Attempt (v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic]
It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless king. -- Thackeray.
Attempt (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. -- Shak.
Attempt (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
Without attempting his adversary's life. -- Motley.
Syn: See Try.
Attempt (v. i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Attempt (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
By his blindness maimed for high attempts. -- Milton.
Attempt to commit a crime (Law), Such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect. -- Wharton.
Syn: Attempt, Endeavor, Effort, Exertion, Trial.
Usage: These words agree in the idea of calling forth our powers into action. Trial is the generic term; it denotes a putting forth of one's powers with a view to determine what they can accomplish; as, to make trial of one's strength. An attempt is always directed to some definite and specific object; as, "The attempt, and not the deed, confounds us." -- Shak. An endeavor is a continued attempt; as, "His high endeavor and his glad success." -- Cowper. Effort is a specific putting forth of strength in order to carry out an attempt.
Exertion is the putting forth or active exercise of any faculty or power. "It admits of all degrees of effort and even natural action without effort." -- C. J. Smith. See Try.
Attempt (n.) Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try].
Attempt (n.) The act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" [syn: attack, attempt].
Attempt (v.) Make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay].
Attempt (v.) Enter upon an activity or enterprise [syn: undertake, set about, attempt].
Attempt, () criminal law. An attempt to commit a crime, is an endeavor to accomplish it, carried beyond mere preparation, but falling short of execution of the ultimate design, in any part of it.
Attempt, () Between preparations and attempts to commit a crime, the distinction is in many cases, very indeterminate. A man who buys poison for the purpose of committing a murder, and mixes it in the food intended for his victim, and places it on a table where he may take it, will or will not be guilty of an attempt to poison, from the simple circumstance of his taking back the poisoned food before or after the victim has had an opportunity to take it; for if immediately on putting it down, he should take it up, and, awakened to a just consideration of the enormity of the crime, destroy it, this would amount only to preparations and certainly if before he placed it on the table, or before he mixed the poison with the food, he had repented of his intention there would have been no attempt to commit a crime; the law gives this as a locus penitentiae. An attempt to commit a crime is a misdemeanor; and an attempt to commit a misdemeanor, is itself a misdemeanor. 1 Russ. on Cr. 44; 2 East, R. 8; 3 Pick. R. 26; 3 Benth. Ev. 69; 6 C. & P. 368.
Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. -- Shak.
Attempter (n.) One who attempts; one who essays anything.
Attempter (n.) An assailant; also, a temper. [Obs.]
Attempter (n.) One who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer].
Attemptive (a.) Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
Attended (imp. & p. p.) of Attend.
Attending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attend.
Attend (v. t.) To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Attend (v. t.) To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve.
The fifth had charge sick persons to attend. -- Spenser.
Attends the emperor in his royal court. -- Shak.
With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. -- Macaulay.
Attend (v. t.) To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
What cares must then attend the toiling swain. -- Dryden.
Attend (v. t.) To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
Attend (v. t.) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. [Obs.]
The state that attends all men after this. -- Locke.
Three days I promised to attend my doom. -- Dryden.
Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice.
Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution; to notice is to think on that which strikes the senses. -- Crabb. See Accompany.
Attend (v. i.) To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to.
Attend to the voice of my supplications. -- Ps. xxxvi. 6.
Man can not at the same time attend to two objects. -- Jer. Taylor.
Attend (v. i.) To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon.
He was required to attend upon the committee. -- Clarendon.
Attend (v. i.) (With to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.
Attend (v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay. [Obs.]
For this perfection she must yet attend, Till to her Maker she espoused be. -- Sir J. Davies.
Syn: To Attend, Listen, Hearken.
Usage: We attend with a view to hear and learn; we listen with fixed attention, in order to hear correctly, or to consider what has been said; we hearken when we listen with a willing mind, and in reference to obeying.
Attend (v.) Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?" [syn: attend, go to] [ant: miss].
Attend (v.) Take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business." [syn: attend, take care, look, see].
Attend (v.) To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation."
Attend (v.) Work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years" [syn: serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist].
Attend (v.) Give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear].
Attendance (n.) 到場；出席 [C] [U] [（+at）]；出席人數 [S] [（+at） Attention; regard; careful application.
Till I come, give attendance to reading. -- 1 Tim. iv. 13.
Attendance (n.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Constant attendance at church three times a day. -- Fielding.
Attendance (n.) Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.]
Languishing attendance and expectation of death. -- Hooker.
Attendance (n.) The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
If your stray attendance by yet lodged. -- Milton.
Attendance (n.) The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn: {attendance}, {attending}] [ant: {nonattendance}].
Attendance (n.) The frequency with which a person is present; "a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade."
Attendance (n.) The number of people that are present; "attendance was up by 50 per cent."
Attendancy (n.) 參加 The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [Obs.]
Attendant (a.) 侍候的；護理的；伴隨的 [（+on/ upon）]； 出席的，參加的 Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. -- Sir W. Scott.
Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. -- Milton.
Attendant (a.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion. -- Sir W. Scott.
Attendant (a.) (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. -- Cowell.
{Attendant keys} (Mus.), The keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.
Attendant (n.) [C] 陪從，隨員；服務員；侍者；出席者，參加者 One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." -- Hallam.
Attendant (n.) One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.
Attendant (n.) That which accompanies; a concomitant.
[A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. -- Pope.
Attendant (n.) (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. -- Cowell.
Attendant (a.) Being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congregation."
Attendant (a.) Following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: {attendant}, {consequent}, {accompanying}, {concomitant}, {incidental}, {ensuant}, {resultant}, {sequent}].
Attendant (n.) Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another [syn: {attendant}, {attender}, {tender}].
Attendant (n.) A person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" [syn: {attendant}, {attender}, {attendee}, {meeter}].
Attendant (n.) An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another [syn: {accompaniment}, {concomitant}, {attendant}, {co-occurrence}].
Attendant (n.) One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him. Termes de la Ley, h.t. As to attendant terms, see Powell on Morts. Index, tit. Attendant term; Park on Dower, c. 1 7.
Attendement (n.) Intent.
Attender (n.) One who, or that which, attends.
Attendment (n.) An attendant circumstance.
Attent (v. t.) Attentive; heedful.
Attent (n.) Attention; heed.
Attentate (n.) Alt. of Attentat
Attentat (n.) An attempt; an assault.
Attentat (n.) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.
Attentat (n.) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.
Attention (n.) 注意；注意力；專心 [U] ；照料；檢修 [U]；照顧；治療 The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.
They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony. -- Shak.
Note: Attention is consciousness and something more. It is consciousness voluntarily applied, under its law of limitations, to some determinate object; it is consciousness concentrated. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Attention (n.) An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.
{To pay attention to}, {To pay one's attentions to}, To be courteous or attentive to; to wait upon as a lover; to court.
Syn: Care; heed; study; consideration; application; advertence; respect; regard.
Attention (n.) The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others [syn: {attention}, {attending}] [ant: {inattention}].
Attention (n.) The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: {care}, {attention}, {aid}, {tending}].
Attention (n.) A general interest that leads people to want to know more; "She was the center of attention."
Attention (n.) A courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions."
Attention (n.) The faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention."
Attention (n.) A motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review; "the troops stood at attention."
Attentive (a.) 注意的，留意的；傾聽的 [（+to）]；殷勤的；體貼的 [（+to）]；彬彬有禮的 [（+to）] Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person is attentive to the words, and to the manner and matter, of a speaker at the same time.
Attentive (a.) Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
Syn: Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful; circumspect; watchful. -- {At*ten"tive*ly}, adv. -- {At*ten"tive*ness}, n.
Attentive (a.) (Often followed by `to') Giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor" [ant: {inattentive}].
Attentive (a.) Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" [syn: {heedful}, {attentive}, {thoughtful}, {paying attention}] [ant: {heedless}, {unheeding}].
Attentive (a.) (Listening) 認真傾聽的；專心的 Listening carefully.
// An attentive audience.
Attentive (a.) (Helping) 關心的；體貼的，照顧周到的 If someone is attentive, they are very helpful and take care of you.
// He was very attentive to her when she was ill.
// A good teacher is always attentive to their students' needs.
Compare: Heedful
Heedful (a.) 深切注意的 Aware of and attentive to.
‘He is heedful of his own intuitions.’
Compare: Intuition
Intuition (n.) [Mass noun] 直觀（能力），直覺 [U]；直覺感知的事；直覺知識 [C] [+that] The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.
‘We shall allow our intuition to guide us.’
Intuition (n.) [Count noun] A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning.
‘Your insights and intuitions as a native speaker are positively sought.’
Attentively (adv.) 聚精會神地；周到地；專心地With attention; in an attentive manner; "he listened attentively."
Attentiveness (n.) [Mass noun] 注意；專注；關注 The action of paying close attention to something.
‘Half the children who ate the cereal showed no improvement in attentiveness.’
‘The past scenes are beautifully handled, with a clear attentiveness to detail.’
Attentiveness (n.) The action of assiduously attending to the comfort or wishes of others; politeness or courtesy.
‘This sight has maintained its top grading due to the attentiveness of the staff.’
‘Mary was particularly touched by Georgina's attentiveness to her during her recovery.’
Attentiveness (n.) The quality of paying careful attention; attentiveness to detail.
Syn: heed, regard, paying attention.
Attentiveness (n.) Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
Syn: heed, regard, paying attention.
Attentiveness (n.) The trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others.
Attentiveness (n.) Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: {attentiveness}, {heed}, {regard}, {paying attention}] [ant: {heedlessness}, {inattentiveness}].
Attentiveness (n.) The trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others.
Attentiveness (n.) The trait of being observant and paying attention [ant: {inattentiveness}].
Attently (adv.) Attentively.
Attenuant (a.) Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.
Attenuant (n.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.
Attenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Attenuate.
Attenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attenuate.
Attenuate (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. -- Coleridge.
Attenuated (a.) Alt. of Attenuate.
Attenuated (a.) 稀薄的；細小的；減弱的；減少的 Made thin or slender.
Attenuated (a.) Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. -- Bacon.
Attenuate (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.)（使）變（稀）薄；（使）變細；（使）變小；（使）減弱 To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
Attenuate (v. t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
Attenuate (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
To undersell our rivals . . . has led the manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. -- I. Taylor.
We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. -- Sir F. Palgrave.
Attenuate (a.) Reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: {attenuate}, {attenuated}, {faded}, {weakened}].
Attenuate (v.) Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn: {rarefy}, {attenuate}].
Attenuate (v.) Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude.
Attenuation (n.) 變薄；弄細；減少；【物】衰減；稀釋，沖淡 The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
Attenuation (n.) The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
Attenuation (n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.
Attenuation (n.) Weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: attenuation, fading].
Attenuation (n.) The property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density.
Attenuation (n.) The progressive reduction in amplitude of a signal as it travels farther from the point of origin.
For example, an electric signal's amplitude reduces with distance due to electrical impedance. Attenuation is usually measured in decibels [per metre?].
Attenuation does not imply appreciable modification of the shape of the waveform (distortion), though as the signal amplitude falls the signal-to-noise ratio will also fall unless the channel itself is noise free or the signal is amplified at some intermediate point(s) along the channel.
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Atter (n.) Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. [Obs.]
Attercop (n.) A spider. [Obs.]
Attercop (n.) A peevish, ill-natured person. [North of Eng.]
Atterrate (v. t.) To fill up with alluvial earth. [Obs.] -- Ray.
Atterration (n.) The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.]
Attested (imp. & p. p.) of Attest.
Attested (a.) Established as genuine [syn: {attested}, {authenticated}, {documented}].
Attesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attest.
Attest (v. t.) To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.
Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. -- Addison.