attamen

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Latin

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Etymology

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at (but) +‎ tamen (however)

Adverb

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attamen (not comparable)

  1. nevertheless

References

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  • attamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • attamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • attamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • attamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French atamer, from Latin attāminō (to touch, attack, defile).

Verb

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attamen (third-person singular simple present attameth, present participle attamende, attamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle attamed)

  1. to cut, pierce
  2. to broach, tap (a bottle, keg)
  3. to reveal, expose
  4. to start (a story, etc.)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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attamen (third-person singular simple present attameth, present participle attamende, attamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle attamed)

  1. Alternative form of atamen (to train (an animal))