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aˈttermine, v. ? Obs.
Also 5 aterm-.
[a. OF. atermine-r, ad. L. atterminā-re, f. at- = ad- to + termināre to set bounds to, f. terminus bound, limit. See at- prefix3.]
To settle the limit or term of, fix a future date for; esp. to adjourn payment of (a debt) till a day fixed. Hence aˈttermining vbl. n. = next word.
1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle v. i. 74 Many honderd yeres..whiche though the nombre be vnknowen to man, yet it is atermyned at a certeyne ende in the siȝt of god. 1618Pulton Coll. Stat. 27 Edw. I, Such as will purchase Attermining of their Debts. 1809Tomlins Law Dict., Attermining the granting a time or term for payment of a debt. |