Lexicographical Neighbors of Attrist
Literary usage of Attrist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"attrist, to sadden. I am full of all these reflections, but shall not ... How theu
could I write when it was impossible but to attrist you ! when I could ..."
2. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1906)
"... attrist those who are at a distance from the precipice. I have not heard Lady
Charlotte Finch's bon-mot, nor anything else till last night, ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"My poor niece and her sisters take up most of my time and thoughts: but I will
not attrist you to indulge myself, but will break off here, and finish my ..."
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