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Atterrate

At-ter-rate

,
Verb.
T.
[It.
atterrare
(cf. LL.
atterrare
to cast to earth); L.
ad
+
terra
earth, land.]
To fill up with alluvial earth.
[Obs.]
Ray.

Definition 2025

atterrate

atterrate

English

Verb

atterrate ‎(third-person singular simple present atterrates, present participle atterrating, simple past and past participle atterrated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To fill up with alluvial earth.
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Italian

Verb

atterrate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of atterrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of atterrare
  3. feminine plural of atterrato

Etymology

Italian atterrare. Compare Late Latin atterrare ‎(“to cast to earth”).

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