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To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. Shak.

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. Abp. Tillotson. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer.…

rty to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton.

Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow.

Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.

Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic; as, an autopathic disease; an autopathic theory of diseases.

s of yellow mica. ~= feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.

Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.

e on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.

To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer.

and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.

To be suitable for; to be due to. Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. Heb. v. 14. No blame belongs to thee. Shak.

To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." Shak.

variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.

That which is given or bestowed. They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor.

Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them.

NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beetroot molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.