They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony. Shak. µ Attention is consciousness and something more. It is consciousness voluntarily applied, under its law of limitations, to some determinate object; it is consciousness concentrated. Sir W. Hamilton. 2. An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger. To pay attention to, To pay one's attentions to, or courteous or attentive to; to wait upon as a lover; to court. Syn. - Care; heed; study; consideration; application; advertence; respect; regard. AtÏten¶tive (?), a. [Cf. F. attentif.] 1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention. µ Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application of the mind, in every possible sense, as when a person is attentive to the words, and to the manner and matter, of a speaker at the same time. 2. Heedful of the comfort of others; courteous. Syn. - Heedful; intent; observant; mindful; regardful; circumspect; watchful. Ð AtÏten¶tiveÏly, adv. Ð AtÏten¶tiveÏness, n. AtÏtent¶ly, adv. Attentively. [Obs.] Barrow. AtÏten¶uÏant (?), a. [L. attenuans, p. pr. of attenuare: cf. F. att‚nuant. See Attenuate.] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent. Ð n. (Med.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent. AtÏten¶uÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Attenuating (?).] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Thin.] 1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies. 2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts. 3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. To undersell our rivals... has led the manufacturer to... attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. I. Taylor. We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. Sir F. Palgrave. AtÏten¶uÏate, v. i. To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge. AtÏten¶uÏate (?), AtÏten¶uÏa·ted (?), } a. [L. attenuatus, p. p.] 1. Made thin or slender. 2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon. AtÏten·uÏa¶tion (?), n. [L. attenuatio: cf. F. att‚nuation.] 1. The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation. 2. The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases. 3. The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus. At¶ter (?), n. [AS. ?tter.] Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore. [Obs.] Holland. At¶terÏcop (?), n. [AS. attercoppa a spider; ?tter poison + coppa head, cup.] 1. A spider. [Obs.] 2. A peevish, illÐnatured person. [North of Eng.] AtÏterÏrate (?), v. t. [It. atterrare (cf. LL. atterrare to cast to earth); L. ad + terra earth, land.] To fill up with alluvial earth. [Obs.] Ray. At·terÏra¶tion (?), n. The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.] At¶test¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attested; p. pr. & vb. n. Attesting.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.] 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts... attested by particular pagan authors. Addison. 2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence. 3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic] The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. Dryden. AtÏtest¶, n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.] The attest of eyes and ears. Shak. At·tesÏta¶tion (?), n. [L. attestatio: cf. F. attestation.] The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation. AtÏtest¶aÏtive (?), a. Of the nature of attestation. AtÏtest¶er (?), AtÏtest¶or (?), } n. One who attests. AtÏtest¶ive (?), a. Attesting; furnishing evidence. At¶tic (?), a. [L. Atticus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.