attediate

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verb

To be tedious to; to exhaust.

OriginLate Latin attaediāre →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

verbattediate (third-person singular simple present attediates, present participle attediating, simple past and past participle attediated)

present singular third person attediates · participle present attediating · participle past attediated · past attediated

  1. obsoleterareTo be tedious to; to exhaust.First known use 17th c.

    I often find him barren, sleightlie running-over those glorious deaths, as if he feared to attediate and molest us with their multitude and continuance.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.8

Origin

  1. Late Latinattaediāre
  2. Englishattediate

From (the stem of) Late Latin attaediāre.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attediate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attediate.

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