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; to attack.
  • verb obsolete To broach; to begin.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Old French atamer, from Latin. See attaminate.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word attame.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.