Word Meanings - ATTENDMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An attendant circumstance. The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.

Related words: (words related to ATTENDMENT)

• ATTENDANT
  Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys , the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant,
• CIRCUMSTANCE
  Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. Addison. Not a circumstance, of no account. -- Under the circumstances, taking
• UNCOMFORTABLE
  1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position. 2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation. The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year. Addison. -- Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness,
• CIRCUMSTANCED
  1. Placed in a particular position or condition; situated. The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell. 2. Governed by events or circumstances. "I must be circumstanced." Shak.