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Atticize: Definition and part of speech

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Atticize

  1. v. i. To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
  2. v. t. To conform or make conformable to the language, customs, etc., of Attica.
  3. v. i. To side with the Athenians.

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.

Attorn: Definition and part of speech

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Attorn

  1. v. t. To agree to become tenant to one to whom reversion has been granted.
  2. v. t. To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.

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.

Attire: Definition and part of speech

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Attire

  1. n. The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
  2. v. t. To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
  3. n. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
  4. n. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.

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.