An archaic or obsolete form meaning to tame or make docile; possibly a variant of attame/attain.
From Old English or Middle English roots related to 'tame.' This appears to be a rare or dialectal variant that didn't survive into modern standard English.
This word shows up so rarely in historical texts that etymologists are still debating whether it's a real word or a scribal error—it's like linguistic Bigfoot, mentioned in one old manuscript and never verified again.
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