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Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a s…

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. Barrow.

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. -- n. A native or citizen of Athens.

Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.

Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.

Of or pertaining to atmology. "Atmological laws of heat." Whewell.

Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.

Of or pertaining to atoms.

Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.] It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge.

Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.

Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

Of or pertaining to an atrium.

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian a…

The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction. Newton.

nsidered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. Shak.

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

Expert; skillful; well instructed.