attorn

Meaning

1. To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
2. To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
3. To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.

Synonyms

grant

assign

accord

acknowledge

admit

affirm

alien

👽

alienate

allot

allow

authorise

authorize

avow

award

bestow

capitulate

cede

concede

confer

confess

convey

delegate

deliver

demise

depute

dispose

empower

extradite

fork out

fork over

give

give in

give up

know

mandate

own up

present

render

sanction

squeal

submit

fork up

vacate

vote

yield

deed over

sign over

abandon

yield up

abnegate

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: attournen

In summary

From Middle English attournen, from Old French atorner (“designate”), from a- (“to”) + torner (“turn”).