Attaint (v.) A touch or hit.
Attaint (v.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
Attaint (v.) 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.
Attaint (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.
Attainture (n.) Attainder; disgrace.
Attal (n.) Same as Attle.
Attame (v. t.) To pierce; to attack.
Attame (v. t.) To broach; to begin.
Attaminate (v. t.) To corrupt; to defile; to contaminate.
Attar (n.) A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.
Attask (v. t.) To take to task; to blame.
Attaste (v. t.) To taste or cause to taste.
Atte () At the.
Attempered (imp. & p. p.) of Attemper
Attempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attemper
Attemper (v. t.) To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
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.
Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.
Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament.
Attemperate (a.) Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
Attemperate (v. t.) To attemper.
Attemperation (n.) The act of attempering or regulating.
Attemperly (adv.) Temperately.
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.
Attempt (v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
Attempt (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
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.
Attempt (v. i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon.
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.
Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
Attempter (n.) One who attempts; one who essays anything.
Attempter (n.) An assailant; also, a temper.
Attemptive (a.) Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
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.
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.
Attend (v. t.) To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
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.
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 (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.
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.
Attendance (v. t.) Attention; regard; careful application.
Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.
Attendance (v. t.) The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
Attendancy (n.) The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.
Attendant (v. t.) Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
Attendant (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.
Attendant (n.) One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.
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.
Attendant (n.) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.
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.) 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.
Attention (n.) An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.
Attentive (a.) Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.
Attentive (a.) Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
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. t.) 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.
Attenuate (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
Attenuate (a.) Alt. of Attenuated
Attenuated (a.) Made thin or slender.
Attenuated (a.) Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
Attenuation (n.) 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.
Atter (n.) Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore.
Attercop (n.) A spider.
Attercop (n.) A peevish, ill-natured person.
Atterrate (v. t.) To fill up with alluvial earth.
Atterration (n.) The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth.
Attested (imp. & p. p.) of Attest
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.