atterrate

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: to fill up with alluvium or other earth

atterration noun

plural -s

obsolete

Word History

Etymology

Italian atterrato, past participle of atterrare, from a- (from Latin ad-) + terra earth, from Latin

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