Definition of Attrist

1. to sadden [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sadden

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attrist

attributing
attribution
attribution theory
attributional
attributional complexity
attributions
attributive
attributive adjective
attributive adjectives
attributive genitive
attributive noun
attributive nouns
attributively
attributiveness
attributives
attrist (current term)
attristed
attrists
attrit
attrite
attrited
attritee
attritees
attriteness
attriter
attriters
attrites
attriting
attrition
attrition damage

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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