verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To touch. obsolete, transitive
2. 2
   To touch; concern; befall. figuratively, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English atrinen, ætrinen, from Old English æthrīnan (“to touch, take, move”), equivalent to at- + rine. Compare arine.

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