▪ I. † aˈtame, v. Obs.
Also in 6 att-.
[f. a- prefix 1 + tame v.; substituted for OE. atęmian, when tęmien was assimilated in form to tame a.]
To tame, subdue.
| [c 885 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xlvi. 345 And atemiað hira lichoman.] 1340 Ayenb. 153 Huanne þise uour deles byeþ atamed. c 1400 Sowdone Bab. 935 These hethen houndes we shal a-tame. c 1525 Skelton Agst. Venom. Tongues 2 Men said they [Women] could not their tunges atame. 1530 Palsgr. 439/2 He was as wylde as a bucke, but I have made hym as attamed as a lambe. |
▪ II. atame, atar
see attame, attar.