s’attifer, v.r., to dress oneself out, to rig oneself out.
attifet, n.m., ornament, trinket.
attique (at-tik), adj., Attic; (arch.) attic. Goût —; Attic taste. Sel —; Attic salt, Attic wit.
attique, n.m., Attic; (arch.) attic, attic story.
attiquement, adv., (gram.) after the Attic dialect.
*attirail, n.m.sing., apparatus, implements, utensils, tire, gear, furniture, tackle, baggage, train, equipage, paraphernalia; show, pomp. L’— d’une imprimerie; the materials and implements of a printing-office. L’— d’une cuisine; kitchen apparatus and utensils.
attirant, -e, adj., attractive, alluring, enticing, engaging.
attirer, v.a., to attract, to draw; to incite; to bring over, to win over, to gain over; to lure, to wheedle, to entice, to bring upon, to inspire. L’aimant attire le fer; the loadstone attracts iron. — par des caresses; to wheedle by caresses. — l’ennemi dans une embuscade; to draw the enemy into an ambuscade. — les yeux, les regards de tout le monde; to attract the eyes of all the world. Un malheur en attire un autre; one misfortune seldom comes alone.
s’attirer, v.r., to draw down upon one, to draw or bring upon oneself; to incur, to run into, to get into, to attract; to win, to gain, to get. — l’attention du public; to attract the notice of the public. — des affaires; to get one’s self into scrapes.
attiser, v.a., to make up (the fire), to stir up; to poke; (fig.) to incense, to stir up. — le feu; to fan the flame.