Word Meanings - ATTRITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite. (more info) 1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton.

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• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• RUBBLEWORK
  Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• REPENTANT
  1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton. 2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• RUBBIDGE
  Rubbish. Bp. Hall.
• ATTRITION
  Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition. Wallis. (more info) 1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected
• OPPOSITIVE
  Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• REPENTANTLY
  In a repentant manner.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• GRIEFFUL
  Full of grief or sorrow. Sackvingle.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
  Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
• GRIEFLESS
  Without grief. Huloet.
• HAVEN
  habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor;
• RUBBLY
  Relating to, or containing, rubble.
• HAVANA
  Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.
• SCRUBBY
  Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull.
• AGRIEF
  In grief; amiss. Chaucer.
• HEARTGRIEF
  Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
• INDIA RUBBER
  . See Caoutchouc.
• SCRUBBER
  A gas washer. See under Gas. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing.
• SHRUBBY
  1. Full of shrubs. 2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby browse." J. Philips.