Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tame; overcome. Sylvester.
- To broach or open (a cask, etc.).
- To begin; venture upon; undertake.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To pierce; to attack.
- transitive verb To broach; to begin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
pierce ; toattack . - verb obsolete To
broach ; tobegin .
Etymologies
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Old French atamer, from Latin. See attaminate.
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