attrist, v. ? Obs.
(əˈtrɪst)
[a. F. attriste-r, f. à to + triste:—L. tristis sad.]
To make sad, sadden.
| 1680 Sir W. Waller Div. Medit. (1839) 103 Some aires and tunes..sensibly attrist, others comfort. 1791 H. Walpole in Miss Berry's Jrnl. & Corr. I. 307 Your tender nature is not made for such spectacles; and why attrist it without doing any service. |