atterrate

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/əˈtɛɹeɪt/

verb

To fill up with alluvial earth.

OriginItalian atterrare ← Late Latin atterrare →
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Meanings

verbatterrate (third-person singular simple present atterrates, present participle atterrating, simple past and past participle atterrated)

present singular third person atterrates · participle present atterrating · participle past atterrated · past atterrated

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo fill up with alluvial earth.

    The rain doth[…]atterrate or add part of the sea to the firm land

    1738, John Ray, Travels Through the Low Countries

Origin

  1. Late Latinatterrare“to cast to earth”
  2. Italianatterrare
  3. Englishatterrate

From Italian atterrare. Compare Late Latin atterrare (“to cast to earth”).

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APA

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MLA

“atterrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atterrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atterrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atterrate.

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