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attorn

attorn verb: to transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.

Verb

attorn (third-person singular simple present attorns, present participle attorning, simple past and past participle attorned)

  1. (intransitive) To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
  2. (intransitive) To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
  3. (intransitive) To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.

attorn meaning in Tamil

attorn in Tamil

மற்றொருவருக்கு மாற்று

Synonyms of attorn

  • traditio brevi manu

Forms of attorn

third-person singular presentattorns
present participleattorning
past participleattorned
pastattorned

Origin of attorn

From Middle English attournen, from Old French atorner (“designate”), from a- (“to”) + torner (“turn”).

Words formed from attorn

Questions about attorn

What does attorn mean?
Attorn means to transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
What is attorn in Tamil?
Attorn in Tamil is மற்றொருவருக்கு மாற்று. See Attorn meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is attorn?
Attorn is a verb.
What is the past tense of attorn?
The past tense of attorn is attorned.

Words near attorn in the dictionary

  1. attophysics
  2. attopulse
  3. attopulses
  4. attoreactor
  5. attoreactors
  6. attorn
  7. attorned
  8. attorney
  9. attorney at law
  10. attorney general
  11. attorney generals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: attorn (page history and authors); attorn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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