atterrate

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atterrate

  • /əˈtɛɹeɪt/

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From Italian atterrare. Compare Late Latin atterrare (“to cast to earth”).

verb atterrates · atterrating · atterrated

  1. obsolete, rare, transitive To fill up with alluvial earth. The rain doth[…]atterrate or add part of the sea to the firm land

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@misc{atterrate_2026,
  title = {atterrate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atterrate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}