† attingev.
Obsolete.
1. To touch upon, come in contact with.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touch [verb (transitive)]
arinec1000
atrinec1000
rineOE
trinec1200
reachc1225
takec1275
touchc1300
entouch1426
atouch1483
salutea1616
attinge1656
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > present by literary treatment > deal with briefly
to touch and go1549
attinge1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Attinge, to touch lightly or softly; to mention or handle briefly, to reach to, to arrive or come to.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Uuu3v It helps and delights all parts it attinges.
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (ed. 2) 78 Because they [the teeth] might the better attinge one anothers bodies.
1742 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (following Blount).
2. To touch in relationship.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > have a touch of or show traces of
soundc1340
soundc1380
soundc1449
savour1574
attingea1639
flavour1887
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) iv. 202 The Con~sanguinity standing betwixt Bothwell and his wife..they mutually attinging others in the fourth degree.
3. To affect, influence.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)]
rineOE
takec1300
concern1446
redound1460
work1487
touch1491
solicit1601
salutea1616
enact1616
affect1630
reach1637
attinge1640
act1655
influence1661
irradiate1668
vibrate1845
involve1847
inwork1855
to cut ice (with someone)1894
dent1931
impact1935
to make (also put) a dent in1942
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions (1826) VI. xxxii. 247 The pollution of the soul..attinging the ultimate disposition of the Body.
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