Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
attabal |
noun |
See Atabal. |
attacca |
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Attack at once; — a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause. |
attache |
verb t. |
One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy. |
attagas |
noun |
Alt. of Attagen |
attagen |
noun |
A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe. |
attaint |
verb t. |
To attain; to get act; to hit., To find guilty; to convict; — said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict., To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder., To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act., To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt., To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy., Attainted; corrupted., A touch or hit., A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching., 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., A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint., An infecting influence. |
attaste |
verb t. |
To taste or cause to taste. |
attempt |
verb 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., To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt., To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman., To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy’s camp., To make an attempt; — with upon., 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. |
attical |
adjective |
Attic. |
attinge |
verb t. |
To touch lightly. |
attired |
imp. & past participle |
of Attire, Provided with antlers, as a stag. |
attirer |
noun |
One who attires. |
attonce |
adverb |
At once; together. |
attract |
verb t. |
To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition., To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers., Attraction. |
attrite |
adjective |
Rubbed; worn by friction., Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; — opposed to contrite. |
attuned |
imp. & past participle |
of Attune |