attire 
2f. A dress or costume ; an article of apparel, attollens (a-tol'enz), 
Show me, my women, like a queen : go fetch Iriitcy (at-o-le_n'tez). 
.My best attires. Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 
3. pi. In her., the horns of a hart, when used 
as a bearing.- 4f. In lot., the stamens collec- 
tively. 
Grew speaks of the attire, or the stamens, as being the 
male parts. Enciic. Brit., IV. 82. 
-Syn. 1. Raiment, array, costume, suit, toilet, wardrobe. 
attired (a-tlrd'), j>. a. In her., having horns: 
thus, ' ' a hart gules a Hired or " means a red stag 
having horns of gold : used only of the hart and 
buck. See armed, 3. 
attirement (a-tlr'ment), n, [< attire + -ment.] 
Dress; apparel; attire. [Obsolete or rare.] 
attirer (a-tir'er), . One who dresses or adorns 
with attire. 
attirewoman (a-tir'wum"an), n. ; pi. attirewo- 
iiicn (-wim"en).' Same as tirewoman. 
attiring (a-tlr'ing), . 1. The act of dressing 
or decking. 2f. Attire ; dress ; array. 
Each tree in his best attiring. 
Sir P. Sidney, Astrophel and Stella. 
Specifically 3f. A head-dress. Huloet. 4. 
The attires of a stag. 
attitlet, f. t. [< ME. attitlen, < OF. atiteler, 
later atitrer, mod. F. attitre-r, < LL. attitulare, 
name, entitle, < L. ad, to, + LL. titulare, give 
a title, < L. titulus, title : see title. Cf. entitle.] 
To name ; name after. Gower. 
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or. used as n. ; pi. attol- 
^NL., < L. attollens, ppr. : 
see atiolleitt.] In unat., an attollent muscle ; a 
levator Attollens aurem, a muscle which raises tin- 
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 re. [< L. attollen(t-)s, 
ppr. of attollere, lift up, raise, < ad, to, + tol- 
Icre, lift, related to tolerare, bear: see tolerate.] 
I. a. Lifting up; raising: as, an attollent muscle. 
II. . A muscle which raises some part, as 
the ear; a levator; an attollens. 
attollentes, . Plural of attollens. 
attonable, . See atonable. 
attonet, adv. See atone. 
attraction 
general is specially appointed by letters patent. In the 
United States he is a member of the cabinet appointed by 
the President, has the general management of the depart- 
ments of justice throughout the country, advises the Pres- 
ident and departments on questions of law, and appears 
for the government in the Supreme Court and Court of 
Claims. The individual States of the Union also have 
their attorneys-general. See department. 
2. In England, the title of the king's (or queen's) 
attorney in the duchies of Lancaster and Corn- 
wall and the county palatine of Durham. N. 
E. D. 3. Formerly, an attorney having gen- 
eral authority from his principal, 
attorney-generalship (a-ter'ni-jen"e-ral-ship), 
n. [< attorney-general '4- -ship.] The 'office of 
or term of service as attorney-general. 
v. [Early mod. E. a\so atturn attorneyism (a-ter'ni-izm), n. [< attorney 1 + 
< OF. attorner,' atorner, aturner. atourner (> ML. -'*'"] Tne practices of attorneys ; the unscru- 
attornare), transfer into the power of another, Pilous practices frequently attributed to attor- 
<a (<L. ad), to, + tourner, turner, turn: see neys or lawyers. Carlylc. 
turn. Cf. attorney."] I. trans. 1 . To turn over attorneyship (a-ter'ni-ship.), w. 
to another; transfer; assign. 2. In old Eng. 
late, to turn or transfer, as homage or service, 
to a new possessor, and accept tenancy under 
him. 
II. intrans. 1. Infeudallaw, to turn or traus- 
-ship.] The office of an attorney, or the period 
during which the office is held; agency for 
another. 
Marriage is a matter of more worth 
Than to he dealt in by attorneyship. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 6. 
! . 
ter homage and service from one lord toanother. attommpTit (a tprn'mpnn IY OP 
This was the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants upon a1i1 ' < rn ?i enT ' 9* . m )> * 15 UJ< 
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. 
attitude (at'i-tud), . [< F. attitude, < It. attitu- attorney 1 (a-ter'ni), re. [Early mod. E. also 
(line, attitude, aptness, < ML. aptitudo (apti- 
tudin-), aptitude: see aptitude.] 1. Posture 
or position of the body, or the manner in which 
atturney, atturny; < ME. atturny, attourney, 
aturneye, aturne, < OF. atorne, attorne (ML. at- 
tornatus), pp. of atorner, aturner, transfer into 
its parts are disposed; especially, a posture or the power of another: see attorn.] 1. One 
position as indicating emotion, purpose, etc., 
or as appropriate to the performance of some 
act. 
The demon sits on his furious horse as heedlessly as if 
he were reposing on a chair. . . . The attitude of Faust, 
on the contrary, is the perfection of horsemanship. 
Macaulay, Dryden. 
There sat my lords, 
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 expression of, or 
as affecting, feeling, opinion, intentions, etc. 
England, though she occasionally took a menacing atti- 
tude, remained inactive. Maeaulay, Hist. Eng., ii. 
If we were to estimate the attitude of ecclesiastics to 
sovereigns by the language of Eusebius, we should sup- 
pose that they ascribed to them a direct Divine inspiration, 
and exalted the Imperial dignity to an extent that was 
before unknown. Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 277. 
To strike an attitude, to assume an emotional posture 
or pose in a theatrical manner, and not as the instinctive 
or natural expression of feeling. = Syn. Position, Pose, 
etc. See posture. 
attitudinal (at-i-tu'di-nal), a. [< attitude (It. 
attitudine) + -nl.] Pertaining or relating to 
attitude. 
attitudinarian (afi-tu-di-na'ri-an), . [< atti- d ? eds and instrument* ' k ;" d >>; and generally to ad- 
tude (It. attitudine) + -arian,] One who studies V18e wlth and "* for thelr cllellts m a11 matters connected 
or practises attitudes. 
Attitudinarians and face-makers ; these accompany 
every word with a peculiar grimace and gesture. Cou<per. 
attitudinarianism (at"i-tu-di-na'ri-an-ism), n. 
The use of affected attitudes; insincerity of 
expression. 
attitudinise, attitudiniser. See attitudinize, 
attitudinizer. 
attitudinize (at-i-tu'di-niz), u. i. ; pret. and pp. 
ment (ML. attornamenimn), < attorner: see at- 
torn and -ment.] In old Eng. law, the act of 
a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he con- 
sented, upon the alienation of an estate, to re- 
ceive a new lord or superior, and transferred 
to him his homage and service ; the agreement 
of a tenant to acknowledge as his landlord one 
who was not originally such, but claimed to 
have become such. 
The necessity for attornment was done away with by 
4 Anne, c. 16. Digby, Real Prop., v. 3, 227. (N. E. D.) 
attour 1 , prep, and adv. See atour 1 . 
attour 2 t, atour 2 t, n, [ME., also aturn, < OF. 
atour, older form atourn, aturn, dress, attire, < 
atourner, atorner, turn, prepare, same as atorner, 
..,...,,...., v . in v, vi*^ miv/ 10 e*j^pvAiii.ot* attorn: see attorn."] Attire; dress; specifi- 
er admitted in the place of another to transact cally, head-dress: as, "her rich attour," Bom. 
any business for him. An attorney in fact, sometimes of the Rose, 1.3718. 
called a private attorney, is an attorney authorized to make attract (a-trakf), t'. [< L. attractus, pp of 
SSftB*J?**? "tier acts for his principal, out of court, attrahere',' draw to, attract, < ad, to, + trahere, 
draw : see tract 1 .'] I. trans. If. To draw in, 
to, or toward by direct mechanical agency or 
action of any kind. 2. To draw to or toward 
(itself) by inherent physical force; cause to 
gravitate toward or cohere with. 
It is a universal physical law that every particle of the 
universe attracts every other particle with a certain force. 
W. L. Carpenter, Energy in Nature, p. 21. 
3. To draw by other than physical influence ; 
invite or allure; win: as, to attract attention; 
to attract admirers. 
Adorn'd 
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. 
who is appointed by another to act in his place 
or stead ; a proxy. 
I will attend my husband, be his nurse, 
Diet his sickness, for it is my office, 
And will have no attorney but myself. 
Shak., C. of E., v. 1. 
Specifically 2. In law, one who is appointed 
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 necessary. 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. 
Tlie 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- 
preme 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 
necessary steps for defending them ; to furnish counsel 
with the necessary materials to enable them to get up 
their pleadings ; to practise conveyancing ; to prepare legal 
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 designa- 
tion of a fully qualified lawyer being attorney and coun- 
selor at law. When employed simply to present a cause 
in court, an attorney is termed counsel. In Scotland 
there is no class 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- 
= Syn. 3. To entice, fascinate, charm. 
II. intrans. 1. To possess or exert the power 
of attraction : as, it is a property 'of matter to 
attract. 2. Figuratively, to be attractive or 
winning : as, his manners are calculated to at- 
tract. 
'attract! (a-trakf), . [< attract, r.] Attrac- 
tion ; in plural, attractive qualities ; charms. 
What magical attracts and graces ! 
S. Butler, Hudibras, III. i. 1037. 
attitudinized, ppr. attitudinizing. [< attitude (ft. in Jamaica to species of Climin, woody vines which fwine attractability (a-trak-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [< attract- 
attitudine) + -ize.] 1. To pose; strike or prac- about the trunks of trees and strangle them. able: see -bility.~\ The quality of being at- 
tise attitudes. attorney 1 ! (a-ter'ni), f. f. [< attorney 1 , .] 1. tractable, or of being subject to the law of at* 
To perform by proxy. traction. 
Their encounters, though not personal, have been royally 
attorneyed. Shak., W. T., i. 1. 
2. To employ as a proxy. 
I am still 
Attorneyed at your service. 
Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to 
attitudinize at the harp. Mrs. H. More, Coelebs, ix. 
2. To be affected in deportment or speech. 
Also spelled attitudinise. 
attitudinizer (at-i-tfi'di-nl-zer), n. One who 
poses, or strikes attitudes. Also spelled atti- 
tudiniser. 
[Also written attal, addle, adall attorneyMa-ter m), . . . . 
origin uncertain ; perhaps the same as addle* atturlte y, < ME. atorne, < OF. attornee, atournet, attractict, attracticalt (a-trak'tik, -ti-kal), a. 
" 
Thou wilt not find a corpuscle destitute of that natural 
attractability. Sir W. Jones, Asiatic Researches, IV. 178. 
attractable (a-trak'ta-bl), a. [< attract + 
-able.] Capable of being attracted ; subject to 
attraction. 
Shak., M. forM., v. i. a ttracter (a-trak'ter), n. One who or that 
[Early mod. E. also which attracts. Also spelled attractor. 
filth, mud, mire: see 'addle 1 .'] Dirt; filth; 
rubbish; specifically, the refuse or worthless 
rock which remains after the ore has been se- 
prop. fern. pp. (ML. *attornata) of atourner, 
attorn : see attorn, and cf. attorney 1 ."] The 
appointment of another to act in one's stead ; 
[< attract + -ic, -ical.] Having power to at- 
tract f attractive. 
Some stones are endued with an electrical or attractical 
virtue. Ray, Works of Creation (1714), p. 93. 
attractile (a-trak'til), a. [< attract + -He.] 
Having the power to attract ; attractive. 
son authorizes another to do some act or acts for him, attraptinirlv (a tralt'timr lil ntin Rv wav nf 
as to execute a deed, to collect rents or debts to sell aiiracimgiy ^a-traK tmg-li;, aav. ay way Ot 
QTti^asttifYn cr* oc +*- nn>MUM 
. -, warrant, o 
power of attorney, an instrument by which one per- 
son authorizes another to do some act 
attraction ; so as to attract. 
lected from the material obtained by mining : * he ct of naming an attorney : now used only 
a term originally Cornish, but extensively usld m the J ol . lowm g phrase.- 
in other mining regions in both England and 
America. 
attle 2 t (at'l), v. An obsolete form of ettle 1 . estates, etc. 
attole (a-to'la), n. [Mex.] The Mexican name attorney-general (a-ter'ni-jen'e-ral), re. ; pi. attraction (a-trak'shon), n. [= F. attrae- 
of a favorite dish prepared from wheat, maize, attorneys-general. [< attorney 1 '+ general, a.] Men, < L. attractio(n-), < attrahere, attract : 
and various other nutritious seeds, which are ! The first ministerial law-officer of a state. see attract.] 1. The act, power, or property 
parched and finely powdered, and then made H f . t ! as .general powers to act in all legal proceedings in of attracting. Specifically (a) In phys., the force 
into a eruel with boiling water , , , e 8tate 'f a party ' and ta re g ariled as the official through which particles of matter are attracted or drawn 
Cer ' 'egal adviser of the executive. In England the attorney- toward one another ; a component acceleration of particles 
