v. Obs. Forms: 5 atyse, ise, 6 attise, -yse, -ice. [a. OF. atisier, -icier, -icher (mod. attiser), cogn. with Pr. atizar, Sp. atizar, Pg. atiçar, It. attizare:—late L. or Romanic *attitiāre, lit. ‘to put the brands of a fire closer together,’ f. at- = ad- to + titio brand. See AT- pref.3 Cf. ENTICE.] To stir up, instigate, urge to a course of action; to gain over, allure, entice.
c. 1450. Merlin, xxi. 366. He hath me atised to bataile.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, xii. 46. Crye mercy vnto the goddis … atyse and drawe theym by sacrifyces.
1509. Barclay, Ship of Fooles (1570), 245. Thou makest youth such as thou doest attice To lese the vertue of manhood.
1557. Paynell, Barclay’s Jugurth, 50. Attysed to the prodycion of their master.
