13 May 2013

attorn

[uh-turn]

verb (used without object)
1. to acknowledge the relation of a tenant to a new landlord.
verb (used with object)
2. to turn over to another; transfer.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English attournen < Anglo-French attourner, Old French atourner to turn over to. See at-, turn

Related forms
at·torn·ment, attorney, noun

Today’s aphorism

Everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth.

– Marcus Aurelius

On this day

13 May 1981 – Pope John Paul II is injured in front of 2,000 people in St Peter’s Square after being shot by Turkish man, Mehmet Ali Agca.