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A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

To repent; to displease; to disgust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.

The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.

iation. If gentil men, or othere of hir contree Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon. Chaucer.

Etym: [See At one.] [Obs.] Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer.

Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.

To surpass in council. [Obs.] Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede. Chaucer.

To outrun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Absence or closure of a natural passage or channel of the body; imperforation.

Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity, great atrocity. Revelations . . . so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them. De Quincey.

To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a material object.] Chaucer.

To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic]

To broach; to begin. And right anon his tale he hath attamed. Chaucer.

To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] Chaucer.

At the. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Temperance; attemperament. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Temperately. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.

One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." Hallam.