ppl. a. [ad. L. attrītus, pa. pple. of atterĕre, f. at- = ad- to, at + terĕre to rub.]
1. Worn or ground down by friction. ? Obs.
1654. Jer. Taylor, Real Pres., 40. A thing may be … chewed though it be not attrite or broken.
1667. Milton, P. L., X. 1073. Or by collision of two bodies, grinde The Air attrite to Fire.
2. Theol. Having attrition: see ATTRITION 4.
1625. Ussher, Answ. Jesuit, 91. A man in confession, of attrite is made contrite by vertue of the keyes.
1817. Tracts for Day, i. 10. The Ephesian converts again, moved by fear and therefore attrite, came and confessed.
