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ATTORN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord
Example:
he was attorned by the tenants
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "attorn" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
