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auctorial
  • a  of or by or typical of an author
    auctorial flights of imagination
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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
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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
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attic
  • n  floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
  • n  the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
  • n  informal terms for a human head
  • n  (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
  • a  of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times
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attired
  • v  put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  • s  dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
    the elegantly attired gentleman
    tuxedo-attired gentlemen
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attractable
  • s  capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet
    the magnetic chips of steel produced by a cutting tool are attractable by a magnet
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