atrine

A1T1R1I1N1E1

verb

To touch.

OriginMiddle English atrinen ← Old English æthrīnan →
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Meanings

verbatrine (third-person singular simple present atrines, present participle atrining, simple past atrined or atrone, past participle atrined or atrone or atrinnen)

present singular third person atrines · participle present atrining · past atrined · past atrone · participle past atrined · participle past atrone · participle past atrinnen

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo touch.
  2. figurativelyobsoletetransitiveTo touch; concern; befall.

Origin

  1. Old Englishæthrīnan“to touch, take, move”
  2. Middle Englishatrinen
  3. Englishatrine

From Middle English atrinen, ætrinen, from Old English æthrīnan (“to touch, take, move”), equivalent to at- + rine. Compare arine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with atrine

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Anagrams

retainretinaReitanriante
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APA

atrine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrine

MLA

“atrine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atrine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrine.

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