Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Attrite (Page: 100)

At*trite" (?), a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad + terere to rub. See Trite.]

1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton.

2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.