a. and sb. Obs. [f. L. attingent-em, pr. pple. of attingĕre: see ATTINGE.] A. adj. Touching, in contact. B. sb. That which comes in contact.

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1578.  Banister, Hist. Man, I. 37. The sides are attingent to the sides of ye vj and iiij bones [of the foot].

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1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 302. With hard pricks it punges its attingents.

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