▪ I. † aˈturn, v. Obs.
[In sense 1, a. OF. aturne-r, -orner, -ourner, f. à to + turner:—L. tornāre to round off, f. tornus, Gr. τόρνος lathe; cf. atour n. and attorn.]
1. trans. To attire, array, dress, prepare fitly.
| c 1220 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 257 Ich iseo a sonde cumen..leofliche aturnet. |
2. To turn. (a- is perh. for y- = Ȝe: see a particle.)
| c 1230 Ancr. R. 284 [Er] ure Louerd..þuruh his grace, habbe hire swuch aturned and imaked. c 1330 Poem temp. Edw. II, li, Thus is the ordre of kniȝt Aturned up & down. |
▪ II. aturn
early f. atour n. Obs. dress, attire.