Index of English words, starting with "at"

(1) - Atropine (n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

(1) - Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.

(1) - Attach (n.) An attachment.
(2) - Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
(3) - Attach (v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.
(4) - Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4.
(5) - Attach (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
(6) - Attach (v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
(7) - Attach (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery.
(8) - Attach (v. t.) To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
(9) - Attach (v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

(1) - Attachable (a.) Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

(1) - Attache (v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.