attrite, ppl. a.
(əˈtraɪt)
[ad. L. attrītus, pa. pple. of atterĕre, f. at- = ad- to, at + terĕre to rub.]
1. Worn or ground down by friction. ? Obs.
| 1654 Jer. Taylor Real Pres. 40 A thing may be..chewed though it be not attrite or broken. 1667 Milton P.L. x 1073 Or by collision of two bodies, grinde The Air attrite to Fire. |
2. Theol. Having attrition: see attrition 4.
| 1625 Ussher Answ. Jesuit 91 A man in confession, of attrite is made contrite by vertue of the keyes. 1817 Tracts for Day i. 10 The Ephesian converts again, moved by fear and therefore attrite, came and confessed. |