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attingent

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at⋅tin⋅gent

[uh-tin-juhnt]
–adjective Archaic.
touching; in contact.

Origin:
1570–80; < L attingent- (s. of attingēns touching, prp. of attingere), equiv. to at- at- + -ting- (comb. form of tang- touch) + -ent- -ent


at⋅tin⋅gence, at⋅tin⋅gen⋅cy, noun
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