Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fill up with earth, especially with alluvium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To fill up with alluvial earth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, rare, transitive To
fill up withalluvial earth .
Etymologies
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Italian atterrare. Compare Late Latin atterrare ("to cast to earth").
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Examples
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Arluno narra che allora atterrate furono le case de 'Viconti, de' Castiglioni, de 'Sanseverini, e de' Botta e non � improbabile che ne fossero insultati e morti i padroni.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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Arluno narra che allora atterrate furono le case de 'Viconti, de' Castiglioni, de 'Sanseverini, e de' Botta e non è improbabile che ne fossero insultati e morti i padroni.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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