atterrate
English
Etymology
From Italian atterrare. Compare Late Latin atterrare (“to cast to earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈtɛɹeɪt/
Verb
atterrate (third-person singular simple present atterrates, present participle atterrating, simple past and past participle atterrated)
- (obsolete, rare, transitive) To fill up with alluvial earth.
- 1738, John Ray, Travels Through the Low Countries
- The rain doth […] atterrate or add part of the sea to the firm land
- 1738, John Ray, Travels Through the Low Countries
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for atterrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Verb
atterrate
- inflection of atterrare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
atterrate f pl
- feminine plural of atterrato