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ATTORN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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

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