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t. [ With the linen mitre shall he [Aaron] be attired . IMG:content-1376.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1377.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1378.png:[blocks in formation] attollens (a-tol'enz), ppr . used as n.; pl. attol- lentes (at-o-len'tēz). [NL., attollens , ppr.: see attollent .] In an at ., an attollent muscle; a levator.--Attollens aurem, a muscle which raises the ear, or tends to do so. - Attollens oculi, an old name of the superior rectus muscle of the eyeball. attollent (a-tol'ent), a . and n. [L. attollen (t-)s, ppr. of attollere , lift up, raise, ad , to, + tol- lere , lift, related to tolerare , bear: see tolerate .] I. a. Lifting up; raising: as, an attollent muscle. the ear; a levator; an attollens. attollentes, n. Plural of attollens . at ton able, a. See atonable . at to net, adv . See atone . attorn (a-tern'), v. [Early mod. E. also atturn ; attorner , atorner , a turner , atourner (> ML. attorn are ), transfer into the power of another, a ( ad ), to, + tourner , turner , turn: see turn. Cf. attorney.] I. trans. 1. To turn over to another; transfer; a ign.-2. In old Eng . law , to turn or transfer, as homage or service, to a new po e or, and accept tenancy under D. -3. Formerly, an attorney having gen- eral authority from his principal. attorney-generalship (a-ter'ni-jen"e-ral-ship), n. [ general + -ship .] The office of or term of service as attorney-general. attorneyism (a-ter'ni-izm), n. [ attorney1 + -ism.] The practices of attorneys; the unseru- pulous practices frequently attributed to att or- neys or lawyers. Carlyle . attorneyship (a-ter'ni-ship), n. [ attorney1 + -ship .] The office of an attorney, or the period during which the office is held; agency for Specifically-3t. A head-dre . Huloet .-4. The attires of a stag. attitlet, v. t. [ attitlen , atitrer , mod. F. attitrer , attitulare , name, entitle, ad , to, + LL. titulare , give a title, titulus , title: see title . Cf. entitle .] To name; name after. Gower . II. in trans. 1. In feudal law , to turn or trans- fer homage and service from one lord to another. This was the act of feudatories, va als, or tenants upon the alienation of the estate. 2. In modern law , to acknowledge being the tenant of one who was not the landlord origi- nally, but claims to have become such. attorney1 (a-ter'ni), n . [Early mod. E. also atturney, atturny; aturne , atorne , attorne (ML. at- tornatus ), pp. of atorner , a turner , transfer into the power of another: see attorn .] 1. One who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; a proxy. I will attend my husband, be his nurse, Diet his sickne , for it is my office, And will have no attorney but myself. Shak., C. of E., v. 1. Macaulay, Dryden. Specifically-2. In law , one who is appointed Here sit they now, so may they ever sit In easier attitude than suits my haunch! Browning, Ring and Book, I. 237. Hence-2. Any condition of things or rela- tion of persons viewed as the expre ion of, or as affecting, feeling, opinion, intentions, etc. England, though she occasionally took a menacing att i- tude , remained inactive. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., ii. or admitted in the place of another to transact any busine for him. An attorney in fact , sometimes called a private attorney , is an attorney authorized to make contracts and do other acts for his principal, out of court. For this purpose a written authority is usual, but verbal authority is in general sufficient. For the performance of some acts, however, as conveyance of land, transfer of stock, etc., a formal power of attorney is nece ary. An attorney at law , sometimes called a public attorney , is a person qualified to appear for another before a court of law to prosecute or defend an action on behalf of such other. The term was formerly applied especially to those practis- ing before the supreme courts of common law, those prac- tising in chancery being called solicitors . Under the pres- ent English system, all persons practising before the su- pre me courts at Westminster are called solicitors . In England attorneys or solicitors do not argue in court in behalf of their clients, this being the part of the barristers or counsel ; their special functions may be defined to be: to institute actions on behalf of their clients and take nece ary steps for defending them; to furnish counsel with the nece ary materials to enable them to get up their pleadings; to practise conveyancing; to prepare legal deeds and instruments of all kinds; and generally to ad- vise with and act for their clients in all matters connected with law. An attorney, whether private or public, may have general powers to act for another, or his power may be special , and limited to a particular act or acts. In the United States the term barrister is not used, the design a- tion of a fully qualified lawyer being attorney and coun- sel or at law . When employed simply to present a cause in court, an attorney is termed counsel. In Scotland there is no cla of practitioners of the law who take the name of attorneys . See advocate , 1. 3. The general supervisor or manager of a plantation. [British West Indies.] - District at- torney. See district . - Scotch attorneys, a name given in Jamaica to species of Clusia , woody vines which twine attorneylt (a-ter'ni), v . t . [ Their encounters, though not personal, have been royally attorneyed. attorney2 (a-ter'ni), n. [Early mod. E. also atturney , atorne , attornee , atournee , prop. fem. pp. (ML. * attorn at a ) of atourner , attorn: see attorn , and cf. attorney1.] The appointment of another to act in one's stead; the act of naming an attorney: now used only in the following phrase. Letter, warrant, or power of attorney, an instrument by which one per- son authorizes another to do some act or acts for him, as to execute a deed, to collect rents or debts, to sell estates, etc. Marriage is a matter of more worth Than to be dealt in by attorneyship . She was indeed, and lovely, to attract Thy love. Milton , P. L., x. 152. At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the sur- rounding expanse attracts attention. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 19. attractt (a-trakt'), n. [ attract , v .] Attrac- tion; in plural, attractive qualities; charms. What magical attracts and graces! S. Butler, Hudibras, III. i. 1037. at tractability (a-trak-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [ bility .] The quality of being at- tractable, or of being subject to the law of at- traction. Some stones are endued with an electrical or attract i cal Ray, Works of Creation (1714), p. 93. [ attract + -ile.] at tractile (a-trak'til), a. Having the power to attract; attractive. attractingly (a-trak'ting-li), adv . By way of attraction; so as to attract. and various other nutritious seeds, which are parched and finely powdered, and then made into a gruel with boiling water. 1. The first ministerial law-officer of a state. He has general powers to act in all legal proceedings in which the state is a party, and is regarded as the official legal adviser of the executive. In England the attorney The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary For all his armour was like salvage weed With woody mo e bedight, and all his steed With oaken leaves attrapt . 4. In the fine arts , a symbol of office, character, or personality: thus, the eagle is the attribute of Jupiter. attrectationt (at-rek-ta's hon), n. [L. attrec- tatio (n-), attrectare , handle, pp. attrectatus , tract are , handle, freq. of trahere , pp. tractus , draw. Cf. attract .] A touching; a han- dling; frequent manipulation. attributable (a-trib'u-ta-bl), a . [ attribute + 5t. Reputation; honor. -able .] Capable of being or liable to be as- cribed, imputed, or attributed; ascribable; im- putable: as, the fault is not attributable to the author. Hibernation, although a result of cold, is not its imme- diate consequence, but is attributable to that deprivation of food and other e entials which extreme cold occasions. attribute (a-trib'ut), v . t.; pret. and pp. attrib- uted , ppr. attributing . [ at tri but us , pp. of attribuere , a ign, ad , to, + tribuere , give, as- sign, bestow: see tribute .] To ascribe; im- 2. That which attracts feeling or desire; a pute; consider as belonging or as due; a ign. charm; an allurement. IMG:content-1380.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Having the power of charming or alluring by a greeable qualities; inviting; engaging; en- ticing. For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softne she and sweet attractive grace. IMG:content-1381.png:[blocks in formation] attrahentes, n. Plural of attrahens . attrap1+ (a-trap'), v . t . [F. attraper , OF. atra- per , trap, insnare, a ( . ad ) + trappe , trap: see trap1 .] To insnare. snare. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. Shak ., All's Well, iii. 6. Narrow views of religion tend to attribute to God an ar- bitrary and capricious action, not in harmony with either science or the Bible. Dawson , Nat. and the Bible, p. 12. He does not hesitate to attribute the disease from which they suffered to those depre ing moral influences to which they were subjected. O. W. Holmes , Old Vol. of Life, p. 2. The burning of New York was generally attributed to New England incendiaries. Lecky , Eng. in 18th Cent., xiv. =Syn. Attribute , Ascribe , Refer, Impute, Charge , have two meanings in common: they may a ign some attribute, quality, or appurtenance to a person or thing, or they may connect different things, as an effect with its cause. Refer is the weakest. Attribute is stronger: as, to attribute om- niscience to God; to attribute failure to incompetence. Ascribe , being most manifestly figurative, is the strongest and most common; it is rarely used in a bad sense. which is imputed in the first sense named is generally but not always bad: as, to impute folly to a man. To impute anything good seen is an archaic mode of expre ion. Im pute is not very common in the second sense: as, to im- pute one's troubles to one's follies. The theological mean- ing of impute , that of laying to a person's account some- thing good or bad that does not belong to him, has affected but little the popular use of the word. That which is charged, in either of the senses named, is bad: as, "His angels he charged with folly," Job iv. 18; I charged it to their youth and inexperience. The word is a strong one, on account of its connection with legal proce es, etc. The singular excellence to which eloquence attained at Athens is to be mainly attributed to the influence which it exerted there. Macaulay , A then i an Orators. I have never yet encountered that bitter spirit of big- otry which is so frequently ascribed to Mohammedans. B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 24. The salts, predominant in quick lime, we refer rather to lixiviate than acid. Boyle, Colours. I desire that what I have said may not be imputed to the colonies. I am a private person, and do not write by Franklin, Life, p. 387. What you have charg'd me with, that have I done, And more, much more. Shak ., Lear, v. 3. attribute (at'ri-būt), n. [L. attributum , pred- icate, attribute, lit. what is ascribed, neut. of at tri but us , pp. of attribuere , ascribe, attribute: see attribute , v .] 1. In logic , that which is pred- icated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident. A predicate, the exact limits of which are not deter- mined, cannot be used to define and determine a subject. It may be called an attribute , and conveys not the whole nature of the subject, but some one quality belonging to it. Abp. Thomson , Laws of Thought, p. 120. 2. A character inseparable from its subject. By this word attribute is meant something which is im- movable and inseparable from the e ence of its subject, as that which constitutes it, and which is thus opposed to IMG:content-1382.png:[blocks in formation] In this fine age, were not thought flattery, Such attribution should the Douglas have, As not a soldier of this season's stamp Should go so general current through the world. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 3. Authority or function granted, as to a ruler, minister, or court. He that was attrite being, by virtue of this [the priest's] absolution, made contrite and justified. Abp. U her, Ans. to a Jesuit, v. attritene t (a-trīt'nes), n . The state of being attrite; the state of being much worn. attrition (a-trish'on), n. [F. attrition , attritio (n-), a rubbing, attrit us , pp. of atte- rere, rub: see attrite .] 1. The rubbing of one thing against another; mutual friction: as, the abrasion of coins by attrition .-2. The act of wearing away by rubbing; the state of being worn down or smoothed by friction; abrasion. The change of the aliment is effected by the attrition of the inward stomach and di olvent liquor a isted with heat. Arbuthnot , Aliments. These were people trained by attrition with many influ- E. S. Phelps , Beyond the Gates, p. 119. attrition 376 see wite. Hence by apheresis mod. E. twit .] To blame; reproach; twit. atwitter (a-twit'er), prep. phr. as adv . or a. [ prep . [ME. atwix , atwixen , atwixe , atwixt , etc.; a -+- twixen , twixt; equiv. to betwixen , betwixt , q. v.] Betwixt; be- tween. Atwixen sonne and see. Chaucer , Troilus, v. 886. auction the king standing in the place of the heirs. This right was abolished in 1819.