aˈttentat(e ? Obs.
[Variant of attemptate, assimilated to L. attentatus, and mod.F. attentat.]
† 1. A criminal attempt or assault of any kind. Obs.
| 1622 Bacon Hen. VII, 92 Their detestation of Popular Attentates, upon the Person or Authoritie of Princes. 1691 Wood Ath. Oxon. II/316 This most execrable Attentate. 1721 Strype Eccl. Mem. III. xliii. 354 Commissioners for redress of attentates on both sides. |
2. An attempt to gain an unauthorized advantage in law: see quot.
| 1701 Atterbury Add. 1st Ed. Rights Convoc. 35 An Attentat, i.e. a Criminal Endeavour of exerting a Power, which was superseded and laid asleep. 1726 Ayliffe Parerg. 100 Attentates..such Proceedings as are made in a Court of Judicature, (pending Suit) and after an Inhibition is decreed..Those Things which are done after an Extra-judicial Appeal, may likewise be stiled Attentates. |