auctorial
- a of or by or typical of an author
auctorial flights of imagination
attention-getting
- s seizing the attention
- s likely to attract attention
attentive
- a (often followed by `to') giving care or attention
attentive to details
the nurse was attentive to her patient
an attentive suitor - a taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
attenuate
- v weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
- v become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- s reduced in strength
attenuated
- v weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
- v become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
- s of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
- s reduced in strength
attested
- v provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
His high fever attested to his illness - v authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- v give testimony in a court of law
- v establish or verify the usage of
This word is not attested until 1993 - s established as genuine