Helen Fenton

Attentat: Definition and part of speech

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Attentat

  1. n. Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.
  2. n. An attempt; an assault.
  3. n. A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attention: Definition and part of speech

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Attention

  1. n. An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.
  2. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attentive: Definition and part of speech

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Attentive

  1. a. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous.
  2. a. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attaint: Definition and part of speech

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Attaint

  1. v. An infecting influence.
  2. v. t. To attain; to get act; to hit.
  3. v. t. To find guilty; to convict; — said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
  4. v. t. 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.
  5. v. t. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
  6. v. t. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
  7. v. t. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
  8. p. p. Attainted; corrupted.
  9. v. A touch or hit.
  10. v. A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
  11. 1v. 1 An infecting influence.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To attain; to get act; to hit.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.