Atabal
At´a•bal, n. [Sp. atabal, fr. Ar. at-tabl the drum, tabala to beat the drum. Cf. Tymbal.] A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors. Croly.

Atafter
At•aft´er, prep. After. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ataghan
At´a•ghan, n. See Yataghan.

Ataman
At´a•man, n. [Russ. ataman’: cf. Pol. hetman, G. hauptmann headman, chieftain. Cf. Hetman.] A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks. { At•a•rax´i•a, At´a•rax•y } n. [NL. ataraxia, Gr. ’ataraxi•a; ’a priv. + tarakto•s disturbed, tara•ssein to disturb.] Perfect peace of mind, or calmness. { A•taunt´, A•taunt´o } adv. [F. autant as much (as possible).] (Naut.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.

Atavism
At´a•vism, n. [L. atavus an ancestor, fr. avus a grandfather.] (a) The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form. (b) (Biol.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.
"Now and then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character." - J. Fiske
{ A•tax´i•a, At´ax•y } n. [NL. ataxia, Gr., fr. out of order; ’a priv. + ordered, arranged, to put in order: cf. F. ataxie.]
1. Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. (Med.) (a) Irregularity in disease, or in the functions. (b) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

Ate ( 277), the preterit of Eat.

Ate
A´te, n. [Gr. .] (Greek. Myth.) The goddess of mischievous folly; also in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

Atechnic
A•tech´nic, a. [Pref. a. not + technic.] Without technical or artistic knowledge.
"Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr."

Ateles
At´e•les, n. [Gr. incomplete; ’a priv. + completion.] (Zoöl.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

Atellan
A•tel´lan, a. [L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient town of the Osci, in Campania.] Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. — n. A farcical drama performed at Atella.

Athalamous
A•thal´a•mous, a. [Gr. ’a priv. + nuptial bed.] (Bot.) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Athamaunt
Ath´a•maunt, n. Adamant. [Obs.]
"Written in the table of athamaunt." - Chaucer.

Athanasian
Ath•a•na´sian ( 277), a. Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a summary of what was called the orthodox faith.

Athanor
Ath´a•nor, n. [F., fr. Ar. at- tannur, fr. Heb. tannur an oven or furnace.] A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers.

Athecata
Ath•e•ca´ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + chest, box.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

Atheling
Ath´el•ing (ath"el•ing), n. [AS. aeðeling noble, fr. aeðele noble, akin to G. adel nobility, edel noble. The word aeðel, E. ethel, is in many AS. proper names, as Ethelwolf, noble wolf; Ethelbald, noble bold; Ethelbert, noble bright.] An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family. [Written also Adeling and AEtheling.]

Atheneum
Ath•e•ne´um, Ath•e•nae´um, n. ; pl. E. Atheneums, L. Athenaea . [L. Athenaeum, Gr. ’Aqhn•aion a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. ’Aqhna^, contr. fr. ’Aqhna•a, ’Aqhnai•a, in Homer ’Aqh•nh, ’Aqhnai•n, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.
2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.
3. A literary or scientific association or club.
4. A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.

Athenian
A•the´ni•an, a. [Cf. F. Athenien.] Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. — n. A native or citizen of Athens.

Atheological
A•the•o•log´ic•al, a. Opposed to theology; atheistic. Bp. Montagu.

Atheology
A•the•ol´o•gy, n. [Pref. a. not + theology.] Antagonism to theology. Swift.

Atheous
A´the•ous, a. [Gr. without God. See Atheist.]
1. Atheistic; impious. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
"I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic." - Bp. of Carlisle.

Athermous
A•ther´mous, a. (Chem.) Athermanous.

Atheroid
Ath´er•oid, a. [Gr.,, a beard, or an ear, of grain + -oid.] Shaped like an ear of grain.

Atheroma
Ath•e•ro´ma, n. [L., fr. Gr.,, fr. grats, meal.] (Med.) (a) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter. (b) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

Atheromatous
Ath•e•rom´a•tous, a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

Athetize
Ath´e•tize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Athetized p. pr. & vb. n. Athetizing ] [Gr., fr. set aside, not fixed; not + to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus.

Athink
A•think´, v. t. To repent; to displease; to disgust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Athirst
A•thirst´, a. [OE. ofthurst, AS. ofpyrsted, p. p. of ofpyrstan; pref. of-, intensive + pyrstan to thirst. See Thirst.]
1. Wanting drink; thirsty.
2. Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing. "Athirst for battle." Cowper.

Athletic
Ath•let´ic, a. [L. athleticus, Gr. . See Athlete.]
1. Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as athletic games or sports.
2. Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as athletic Celts. "Athletic soundness." South. — Ath•let´ic•al•ly, adv.

Athletics
Ath•let´ics, n. The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.

Athletism
Ath´le•tism, n. The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.

Athrepsia
A•threp´si•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. priv. + nourishment.] (Med.) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings. — A•threp´tic (#), a.

Athwart
A•thwart´, prep. [Pref. a. + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of.
"Athwart the thicket lone." - Tennyson.
2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as a fleet standing athwart our course. Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance. — Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; — opposed to fore and aft.

Athwart
A•thwart´, adv.
1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
"Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight." - Spenser.
2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
"All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news." - Shak.

Atilt
A•tilt´, adv. [Pref. a. + tilt.]
1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men." Hudibras.
2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
"Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honor. Beau. & Fl."

Atimy
At´i•my, n. [Gr. ; ’a priv. + honor.] (Gr. Antiq.) Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights. Mitford.

Atlanta
At•lan´ta, n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod.

Atlantean
At•lan•te´an, a. [L. Atlantus.]
1. Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
2. Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.
"With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies." - Milton.

Atlantes
At•lan´tes, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr., pl. of . See Atlas.] (Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; — called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss.

Atlas powder
At"las pow"der. A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.

Atman
At´man, n. [Skr. atman.] (Hinduism) (a) The life principle, soul, or individual essence. (b) The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise. This sense is a European excrescence on the East Indian thought.

Atmiatry
At•mi´a•try, n. [Gr. vapor + medical treatment, healing.] Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation.

Atmidometer
At•mi•dom´e•ter, n. [Gr.,, smoke, vapor + -meter; cf. F. atmidomètre.] An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C.

Atmo
At´mo, n. [Contr. fr. atmosphere.] (Physics) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris. Sir W. Thomson. { At•mo•log´ic, At•mo•log´ic•al } a. Of or pertaining to atmology. "Atmological laws of heat." Whewell.

Atmologist
At•mol´o•gist, n. One who is versed in atmology.

Atmology
At•mol´o•gy, n. [Gr. vapor + - logy.] (Physics) That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.

Atmolysis
At•mol´y•sis, n. [Gr. vapor + a loosing, to loose.] (Chem.) The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

Atmolyzation
At•mol•y•za´tion, n. (Chem.) Separation by atmolysis.

Atmolyze
At´mo•lyze, v. t. (Chem.) To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis.

Atmolyzer
At´mo•ly•zer, n. (Chem.) An apparatus for effecting atmolysis.

Atmometer
At•mom´e•ter, n. [Gr. smoke, vapor + -meter: cf. F. atmomètre.] An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley.

Atmosphere
At´mos•phere, n. [Gr. vapor (akin to Skr. atman breath, soul, G. athem breath) + sphere: cf. F. atmosphère. See Sphere.]
1. (Physics) (a) The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; — applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as the atmosphere of Mars. (b) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
"An atmosphere of cold oxygen." - Miller.
2. A supposed medium around various bodies; as electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies. Franklin.
3. The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
"Hydrogen was liquefied under a pressure of 650 atmospheres." - Lubbock.
4. Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
"The chillest of social atmospheres." - Hawthorne.
5. The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere. { At•mos•pher´ic, At•mos•pher´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. atmospherique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.
2. Existing in the atmosphere.
"The lower atmospheric current." - Darwin.
3. Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.
4. Dependent on the atmosphere. [R.]
"In am so atmospherical a creature." - Pope.
Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson. — Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere" when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere. (See Indicator card.) — Atmospheric pressure, the pressure exerted by the atmosphere, not merely downwards, but in every direction. In amounts to about 14.7 Ibs. on each square inch. — Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the propelling force. — Atmospheric tides. See under Tide.

Atmospherology
At•mos•phe•rol´o•gy, n. [ Atmosphere + -logy.] The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.

Atokous
At´o•kous, a. [Gr. barren; ’a priv. + offspring.] (Zoöl.) Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.

Atole
A•to´le, n. [Mex. Sp.] A porridge or gruel of maize meal and water, milk, or the like. [Sp. Amer.]

Atoll
A•toll´, n. [The native name in the Indian Ocean.] A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.

Atom
At´om, n. [L. atomus, Gr., uncut, indivisible; ’a priv. +, verbal adj. of to cut: cf. F. atome. See Tome.]
1. (Physics) (a) An ultimate indivisible particle of matter. (b) An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule. (c) A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles. These three definitions correspond to different views of the nature of the ultimate particles of matter. In the case of the last two, the particles are more correctly called molecules. Dana.
2. (Chem.) The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
3. Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.
"There was not an atom of water." - Sir J. Ross.

Atom
At´om, v. t. To reduce to atoms. [Obs.] Feltham. { A•tom´ic, A•tom´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. atomique.]
1. Of or pertaining to atoms.
2. Extremely minute; tiny. Atomic philosophy, or Doctrine of atoms, a system which, assuming that atoms are endued with gravity and motion, accounted thus for the origin and formation of all things. This philosophy was first broached by Leucippus, was developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by Epicurus, and hence is sometimes denominated the Epicurean philosophy. — Atomic theory, or the Doctrine of definite proportions (Chem.), teaches that chemical combinations take place between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms of bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers. — Atomic weight (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken as a standard.

Atomically
A•tom´ic•al•ly, adv. In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.

Atomician
At•o•mi´cian, n. An atomist. [R.]

Atomicism
A•tom´i•cism, n. Atomism. [Obs.]

Atomicity
At•o•mic´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. atomicite.] (Chem.) Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence.

Atomistic
At•om•is´tic, a. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.]
"It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis." - Coleridge.

Atomization
At•om•i•za´tion, n.
1. The act of reducing to atoms, or very minute particles; or the state of being so reduced.
2. (Med.) The reduction of fluids into fine spray.

Atomize
At´om•ize, v. t. To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
"The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or atomized." - Dunglison.

Atomizer
At´om•i•zer (at"um•i•zer), n. One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming.

Atomology
At•om•ol´o•gy (at•um•ol"o•jy), n. [ Atom + -logy.] The doctrine of atoms. Cudworth.

Atomy
At´om•y (at"um•y), n. An atom; a mite; a pigmy.

Atomy
At´o•my, n. [For anatomy, taken as an atomy.] A skeleton. [Ludicrous] Shak.

Atonable
A•ton´a•ble, a. Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.

Atone
A•tone´ (a•ton"), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Atoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Atoning.] [From at one,, i. e., to be, or cause to be, at one. See At one.]
1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.]
"He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety." - Shak.
2. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.
"The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood." - Pope.
"The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure." - Junius.

Atone
A•tone´, v. t.
1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. [Obs.]
"I would do much To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio." - Shak.
2. To unite in making. [Obs. & R.]
"The four elements … have atoned A noble league." - Ford.
3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
"Or each atone his guilty love with life." - Pope.

Atonement
A•tone´ment, n.
1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic]
"By whom we have now received the atonement." - Rom. v. 11.
"He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers." - Shak.
2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; — with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ.
"When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others." - Spectator.
"The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense." - Potter.

Atonement
A•tone´ment, n. — Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi.

Atoner
A•ton´er, n. One who makes atonement.

Atones
At•ones, adv. [See At one.] [Obs.]
"Down he fell atones as a stone." - Chaucer.

Atony
At´o•ny, n. [Gr. slackness; ’a priv. + tone, strength, to stretch: cf. F. atonie.] (Med.) Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

Atop
A•top´, adv. On or at the top. Milton. { At•ra•bi•la´ri•an, At•ra•bi•la´ri•ous } a. [LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile.] Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot.

Atrabilarian
At•ra•bi•la´ri•an, n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli.

Atrabiliar
At•ra•bil´iar, a. Melancholy; atrabilious.

Atrabiliary
At•ra•bil´ia•ry, a.
1. Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.
2. Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; — from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania. Atrabiliary arteries, capsules, and veins (Anat.), those pertaining to the kidney; — called also renal arteries, capsules, and veins.

Atrabilious
At•ra•bil´ious, a. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision.
"A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race." - Lowell.
"He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful." - Froude.

Atramentaceous
At•ra•men•ta´ceous, a. [L. atramentum ink, fr. ater black.] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [Obs.] Derham. { At•ra•men´tal, At•ra•men´tous } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as atramental galls; atramentous spots.

Atramentarious
At•ra•men•ta´ri•ous, a. [Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous.] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

Atrenne
At•renne´, v. t. [OE. a. + renne to run.] To outrun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Atresia
A•tre´si•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. not perforated.] (Med.) Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.

Atrial
A´tri•al, a. Of or pertaining to an atrium.

Atrip
A•trip´, adv. [Pref. a. + trip.] (Naut.) (a) Just hove clear of the ground; — said of the anchor. (b) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; — said of sails. (c) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; — said of yards.

Atrium
A´tri•um, n. ; pl. Atria . [L., the fore court of a Roman house.]
1. (Arch.) (a) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. (b) An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
2. (Anat.) The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. also the whole articular portion of the heart.
3. (Zoöl.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.

Atrium
A´tri•um, n. (Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.

Atrocha
At•ro•cha, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + a circle.] (Zoöl.) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.

Atrocious
A•tro´cious, a. [L. atrox, atrocis, cruel, fierce: cf. F. atroce.]
1. Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as atrocious quilt or deeds.
2. Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
"Revelations … so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them." - De Quincey.
3. Very grievous or violent; terrible; as atrocious distempers. [Obs.] Cheyne.
Syn. — Atrocious, Flagitious, Flagrant. Flagitious points to an act as grossly wicked and vile; as a flagitious proposal. Flagrant marks the vivid impression made upon the mind by something strikingly wrong or erroneous; as a flagrant misrepresentation; a flagrant violation of duty. Atrocious represents the act as springing from a violent and savage spirit. If Lord Chatham, instead of saying "the atrocious crime of being a young man," had used either of the other two words, his irony would have lost all its point, in his celebrated reply to Sir Robert Walpole, as reported by Dr. Johnson. — A•tro´cious•ly, adv. — A•tro´cious•ness, n.

Atrophic
A•troph´ic, a. Relating to atrophy.

Atrophied
At´ro•phied, p. a. Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.

Atrophy
At´ro•phy, n. [L. atrophia, Gr. ; ’a priv. + to nourish: cf. F. atrophie.] A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. Milton.

Atrophy
At´ro•phy, v. t. [ p. p. Atrophied .] To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

Atrophy
At´ro•phy, v. i. To waste away; to dwindle.

Atropia
A•tro´pi•a, n. Same as Atropine.

Atropism
At´ro•pism, n. (Med.) A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.

Atropous
At´ro•pous, a. [Gr. ; ’a priv. + to turn.] (Bot.) Not inverted; orthotropous.

Atrous
A´trous, a. [L. ater.] Coal-black; very black.

Atrypa
A•try´pa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + a hole.] (Paleon.) A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.

Attabal
At´ta•bal, n. See Atabal.

Attachable
At•tach´a•ble, a. Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

Attache
At•ta•che´, n. [F., p. p. of attacher. See Attach, v. t.] One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.

Attackable
At•tack´a•ble, a. Capable of being attacked.

Attacker
At•tack´er, n. One who attacks. { At´ta•gas, At´ta•gen } n. [L. attagen a kind of bird, Gr., .] (Zoöl.) A species of sand grouse ( Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.

Attaghan
At´ta•ghan (at"ta•gan), n. See Yataghan.

Attainability
At•tain•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being attainable; attainableness.

Attainable
At•tain´a•ble, a.
1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.
"The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life." - Addison.
2. Obtainable. [Obs.]
"General Howe would not permit the purchase of those articles [clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and they were not attainable in the country." - Marshall.

Attainableness
At•tain´a•ble•ness, n. The quality of being attainable; attainability.

Attainder
At•tain´der, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse, convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.]
1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as an act of attainder. Abbott. Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony, and involved the forfeiture of all the real and personal property of the condemned person, and such "corruption of blood" that he could neither receive nor transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or testify in any court, or claim any legal protection or rights. In England attainders are now abolished, and in the United States the Constitution provides that no bill of attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of treason (in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.
2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation. [Obs.]
"He lived from all attainder of suspect." - Shak.
Bill of attainder, a bill brought into, or passed by, a legislative body, condemning a person to death or outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence.

Attaint
At•taint´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attainting.] [OE. atteynten to convict, fr. atteynt, OF. ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4, 5, and 6 were influenced by a supposed connection with taint. See Attain, Attainder.]
1. To attain; to get act; to hit. [Obs.]
2. (Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; — said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.]
"Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition." - Blackstone.
3. (Law) 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.
"No person shall be attainted of high treason where corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of two witnesses. Stat. 7 & 8 Wm. III."
4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic]
5. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
"My tender youth was never yet attaint With any passion of inflaming love." - Shak.
6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
"For so exceeding shone his glistring ray, That Phbus’ golden face it did attaint." - Spenser.
"Lest she with blame her honor should attaint." - Spenser.

Attaint
At•taint´, p. p. Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] Shak.

Attaint
At•taint´, n. [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v. ]
1. A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White.
3. (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.
4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak.
5. An infecting influence. [R.] Shak.

Attainture
At•tain´ture, n. Attainder; disgrace.

Attal
At´tal, n. Same as Attle.

Attaste
At•taste, v. t. [Pref. a. + taste.] To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Atte
At´te . At the. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Attemper
At•tem´per, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attempered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Attempering.] [OF. atemprer, fr. L. attemperare; a. + temperare to soften, temper. See Temper, and cf. Attemperate.]
1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature.
"If sweet with bitter … were not attempered still." - Trench.
2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as to attemper rigid justice with clemency.
3. To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as a mind well attempered with kindness and justice.
4. To accommodate; to make suitable; to adapt.
"Arts … attempered to the lyre." - Pope.
This word is now not much used, the verb temper taking its place.

Attemperance
At•tem´per•ance, n. [Cf. OF. atemprance.] Temperance; attemperament. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Attemperate
At•tem´per•ate, a. [L. attemperatus, p. p. of attemperare. See Attemper.] Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
"Hope must be … attemperate to the promise." - Hammond.

Attemperate
At•tem´per•ate, v. t. To attemper. [Archaic]

Attemperation
At•tem•per•a´tion, n. The act of attempering or regulating. [Archaic] Bacon.

Attemperly
At•tem´per•ly, adv. Temperately. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Attemperment
At•tem´per•ment, n. Attemperament.

Attempt
At•tempt´ ( 215), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attempting.] [OF. atenter, also spelt atempter, F. attenter, fr. L. attentare to attempt; a. + tentare, temptare, to touch, try, v. intens. of tendere to stretch. See Tempt, and cf. Attend.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
At•tempt´, v. i. To make an attempt; — with upon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Attempt
At•tempt´, 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. 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.

Attempter
At•tempt´er ( 215), n.
1. One who attempts; one who essays anything.
2. An assailant; also a temper. [Obs.]

Attemptive
At•tempt´ive, a. Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel.

Attend
At•tend´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb. n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; a. + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
1. 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.
2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. To be present at; as to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
6. 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. 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
At•tend´, v. i.
1. 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. lxxxvi. 6.
"Man can not at the same time attend to two objects." - Jer. Taylor.
2. 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.
3. (with to) To take charge of; to look after; as to attend to a matter of business.
4. 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. 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.

Attendant
At•tend´ant, a. [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre. See Attend, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. (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
At•tend´ant, n.
1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." Hallam.
2. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as an attendant at a meeting.
3. That which accompanies; a concomitant.
"[A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits." - Pope.
4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. Cowell.

Attendement
At•tend´e•ment, n. Intent. [Obs.] Spenser.

Attender
At•tend´er, n. One who, or that which, attends.

Attendment
At•tend´ment, n. [Cf. OF. atendement.] An attendant circumstance. [Obs.]
"The uncomfortable attendments of hell." - Sir T. Browne.

Attent
At•tent´, a. [L. attentus, p. p. of attendere. See Attend, v. t.] Attentive; heedful. [Archaic]
"Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer." - 2 Chron. vi. 40.

Attent
At•tent´, n. Attention; heed. [Obs.] Spenser. { At•ten´tate, At•ten´tat } n. [L. attentatum, pl. attentata, fr. attentare to attempt: cf. F. attentat criminal attempt. See Attempt.]
1. An attempt; an assault. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Law) (a) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed. (b) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.

Attentive
At•ten´tive (at•ten"tiv), a. [Cf. F. attentif.]
1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention. 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.
2. 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.

Attently
At•tent´ly, adv. Attentively. [Obs.] Barrow.

Attenuant
At•ten´u•ant, a. [L. attenuans, p. pr. of attenuare: cf. F. attenuant. See Attenuate.] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent. — n. (Med.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

Attenuation
At•ten•u•a´tion, n. [L. attenuatio: cf. F. attenuation.]
1. The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
2. The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
3. The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as the attenuation of virus.

Atter
At´ter, n. [AS. aetter.] Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. [Obs.] Holland.

Attercop
At´ter•cop, n. [AS. attercoppa a spider; aetter poison + coppa head, cup.]
1. A spider. [Obs.]
2. A peevish, ill-natured person. [North of Eng.]

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

Atterration
At•ter•ra´tion, n. The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.]

Attest
At´test´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attested; p. pr. & vb. n. Attesting.] [L. attestari; a. + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.]
1. 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.
2. To give proof of; to manifest; as the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
"The sacred streams which Heaven’s imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate." - Dryden.

Attest
At•test´, n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.]
"The attest of eyes and ears." - Shak.

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; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

Attestative
At•test´a•tive, a. Of the nature of attestation. { At•test´er, At•test´or } n. One who attests.

Attestive
At•test´ive, a. Attesting; furnishing evidence.

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; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. — Attic faith, inviolable faith. — Attic purity, special purity of language. — Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. — Attic story. See Attic, n. — Attic style, a style pure and elegant.

Attic
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 term introduced in the 17th century. Hence: (b) A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.
2. An Athenian; an Athenian author.

Atticism
At´ti•cism, n. [Gr. .]
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.

Atticize
At´ti•cize, v. t. [Gr. .] To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.

Atticize
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.

Attiguous
At•tig´u•ous, a. [L. attiguus, fr. attingere to touch. See Attain.] Touching; bordering; contiguous. [Obs.] — At•tig´u•ous•ness, n. [Obs.]

Attired
At•tired´, p. p. (Her.) Provided with antlers, as a stag.

Attirement
At•tire´ment, n. Attire; adornment.

Attirer
At•tir´er, n. One who attires.

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 figure or a statue.
2. The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.
3. Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one’s mental attitude in respect to religion.
"The attitude of the country was rapidly changing." - J. R. Green.
To strike an attitude, to take an attitude for mere effect.
Syn. — Attitude, Posture. Both of these words describe the visible disposition of the limbs. Posture relates to their position merely; attitude refers to their fitness for some specific object. The object of an attitude is to set forth exhibit some internal feeling; as attitude of wonder, of admiration, of grief, etc. It is, therefore, essentially and designedly expressive. Its object is the same with that of gesture; viz., to hold forth and represent. Posture has no such design. If we speak of posture in prayer, or the posture of devotion, it is only the natural disposition of the limbs, without any intention to show forth or exhibit.
"’T is business of a painter in his choice of attitudes ( positurae) to foresee the effect and harmony of the lights and shadows." - Dryden.
"Never to keep the body in the same posture half an hour at a time." - Bacon.

Attitudinarian
At•ti•tu•di•na´ri•an, n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

Attitudinarianism
At•ti•tu•di•na´ri•an•ism, n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

Attitudinize
At•ti•tu´di•nize, v. i. To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.
"Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp." - Hannah More.

Attitudinizer
At•ti•tu´di•ni•zer, n. One who practices attitudes.

Attle
At´tle, n. [Cf. Addle mire.] (Mining) Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore. Weale.

Attonce
At•tonce´, adv. [ At + once.] At once; together. [Obs.] Spenser.

Attone
At•tone´, adv. See At one. [Obs.]

Attorney-general
At•tor´ney-gen´er•al, n. ; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law- executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

Attorneyism
At•tor´ney•ism, n. The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

Attorneyship
At•tor´ney•ship, n. The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.

Attornment
At•torn´ment, n. [OF. attornement, LL. attornamentum. See Attorn.] (Law) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

Attractability
At•tract•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.

Attractable
At•tract´a•ble, a. Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. — At•tract´a•ble•ness, n.

Attracter
At•tract´er, n. One who, or that which, attracts.

Attractile
At•tract´ile, a. Having power to attract.

Attracting
At•tract´ing, a. That attracts. - - At•tract´ing•ly, adv.

Attraction
At•trac´tion, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.]
1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation. Attraction is exerted at both sensible and insensible distances, and is variously denominated according to its qualities or phenomena. Under attraction at sensible distances, there are, — (1.) Attraction of gravitation, which acts at all distances throughout the universe, with a force proportional directly to the product of the masses of the bodies and inversely to the square of their distances apart. (2.) Magnetic, diamagnetic, and electrical attraction, each of which is limited in its sensible range and is polar in its action, a property dependent on the quality or condition of matter, and not on its quantity. Under attraction at insensible distances, there are, — (1.) Adhesive attraction, attraction between surfaces of sensible extent, or by the medium of an intervening substance. (2.) Cohesive attraction, attraction between ultimate particles, whether like or unlike, and causing simply an aggregation or a union of those particles, as in the absorption of gases by charcoal, or of oxygen by spongy platinum, or the process of solidification or crystallization. The power in adhesive attraction is strictly the same as that of cohesion. (3.) Capillary attraction, attraction causing a liquid to rise, in capillary tubes or interstices, above its level outside, as in very small glass tubes, or a sponge, or any porous substance, when one end is inserted in the liquid. It is a special case of cohesive attraction. (4.) Chemical attraction, or affinity, that peculiar force which causes elementary atoms, or groups of atoms, to unite to form molecules.
2. The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction. Newton.
3. The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
4. That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
Syn. — Allurement; enticement; charm.

Attraction sphere
At•trac"tion sphere.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere. (b) Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell.
2. (Bot.) A small body situated on or near the nucleus in the cells of some of the lower plants, consisting of two centrospheres containing centrosomes. It exercises an important function in mitosis.

Attractive
At•tract´ive, a. [Cf. F. attractif.]
1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton.
2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive eyes." Thackeray.
"Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies." - Lubbock.
— At•tract´ive•ly, adv. — At•tract´ive•ness, n.

Attractive
At•tract´ive, n. That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
"Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation." - South.

Attractivity
At•trac•tiv´i•ty (at•trak•tiv"i•ty), n. The quality or degree of attractive power.

Attractor
At•tract´or (at•trakt"er), n. One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne

Attrahent
At´tra•hent, a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.] Attracting; drawing; attractive.

Attrahent
At´tra•hent, n.
1. That which attracts, as a magnet.
"The motion of the steel to its attrahent". Glanvill.
2. (Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.

Attrap
At•trap´, v. t. [F. attraper to catch; à (L. a. ) + trappe trap. See Trap (for taking game).] To entrap; to insnare. [Obs.] Grafton.

Attrap
At•trap´, v. t. [Pref. a. + trap to adorn.] To adorn with trapping; to array. [Obs.]
"Shall your horse be attrapped … more richly?" - Holland.

Attrectation
At•trec•ta´tion, n. [L. attrectatio; a. + tractare to handle.] Frequent handling or touching. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Attributable
At•trib´u•ta•ble, a. Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
"Errors … attributable to carelessness." - J. D. Hooker.

Attribute
At•trib´ute (at"tri•but), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.] [L. attributus, p. p. of attribuere; a. + tribuere to bestow. See Tribute.] To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate ( to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging ( to).
"We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it." - Abp. Tillotson.
"The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer." - Shak.
Syn. — See Ascribe.

Attribute
At´tri•bute, n. [L. attributum.]
1. That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
"But mercy is above this sceptered away; … It is an attribute to God himself." - Shak.
2. Reputation. [Poetic] Shak.
3. (Paint. & Sculp.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as a club is the attribute of Hercules.
4. (Gram.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

Attribution
At•tri•bu´tion, n. [L. attributio: cf. F. attribution.]
1. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
2. That which is ascribed or attributed.

Attributive
At•trib´u•tive, a. [Cf. F. attributif.] Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

Attributive
At•trib´u•tive, n. , (Gram.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Attributively
At•trib´u•tive•ly, adv. In an attributive manner.

Attrite
At•trite´, a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; a. + terere to rub. See Trite.]
1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton.
2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; — opposed to contrite.

Attry
At´try, a. [See Atter.] Poisonous; malignant; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Atween
A•tween´, adv. or prep. [See Atwain, and cf. Between.] Between. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson.

Atwite
A•twite´, v. t. [OE. attwyten, AS. aetwitan. See Twit.] To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid. [Obs.]

Atwo
A•two´, adv. [Pref. a. + two.] In two; in twain; asunder. [Obs.] Chaucer. { A•typ´ic, A•typ´ic•al } a. [Pref. a. not + typic, typical.] That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.