Part 749

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Atrophy</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*phy</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Atrophied</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.</def>

<h1>Atrophy</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*phy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To waste away; to dwindle.</def>

<h1>Atropia</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A*tro"pi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Atropine</er>.</def>

<h1>Atropine</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*pine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ inflexible; hence <?/ <?/, one of the three Parc\'91; <?/ priv. + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the <spn>Atropa belladonna</spn>, or deadly nightshade, and the <spn>Datura Stramonium</spn>, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also <altname>daturine</altname>.</def>

<h1>Atropism</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*pism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.</def>

<h1>Atropous</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Not inverted; orthotropous.</def>

<h1>Atrous</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A"trous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ater</ets>.]</ety> <def>Coal-black; very black.</def>

<h1>Atrypa</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A*try"pa</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a hole.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.</def>

<h1>Attabal</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ta*bal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Atabal</er>.</def>

<h1>Attacca</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At*tac"ca</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[It., fr. <ets>attaccare</ets> to tie, bind. See <er>Attach</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.</def>

<h1>Attach</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At*tach"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Attached</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Attaching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>atachier</ets>, F. <ets>attacher</ets>, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. <ets>tac</ets>, <ets>tach</ets>, nail, E. <ets>tack</ets> a small nail, <ets>tack</ets> to fasten. Cf. <er>Attack</er>, and see <er>Tack</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; <as>as, to <ex>attach</ex> one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The shoulder blade is . . . <b>attached</b> only to the muscles. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A huge stone to which the cable was <b>attached</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; <as>as, an officer is <ex>attached</ex> to a certain regiment, company, or ship</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with <i>to</i>; <as>as, <ex>attached</ex> to a friend; <ex>attaching</ex> others to us by wealth or flattery.</as></def>

<blockquote>Incapable of <b>attaching</b> a sensible man. <i>Miss Austen.</i></blockquote>