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atterrate

/əˈtɛɹeɪt/

atterrate verb: to fill up with alluvial earth.

Verb

atterrate (third-person singular simple present atterrates, present participle atterrating, simple past and past participle atterrated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To fill up with alluvial earth.
    • The rain doth[…]atterrate or add part of the sea to the firm land1738, John Ray, Travels Through the Low Countries

Forms of atterrate

third-person singular presentatterrates
present participleatterrating
past participleatterrated
pastatterrated

Origin of atterrate

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

Questions about atterrate

What does atterrate mean?
Atterrate means to fill up with alluvial earth.
What part of speech is atterrate?
Atterrate is a verb.
How do you pronounce atterrate?
Atterrate is pronounced /əˈtɛɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of atterrate?
The past tense of atterrate is atterrated.

Words near atterrate in the dictionary

  1. attercops
  2. attercrop
  3. attercrops
  4. atterly
  5. attern
  6. atterrate
  7. atterrated
  8. atterrates
  9. atterrating
  10. atterration
  11. atterrations

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