Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Drawing to; attracting.
- In anatomy, same as
attrahens . - noun That which draws to or attracts, as a magnet. Glanville.
- noun In medicine, an application that attracts fluids to the part where it is applied, as a blister or a rubefacient; an epispastic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which attracts, as a magnet.
- noun (Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
- adjective Attracting; drawing; attractive.
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- adjective That
attracts ;drawing , attracting. - noun An attrahent
agent .
Etymologies
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From attrahent-, the stem of the Latin attrahēns ("drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting"), the present active participle of attrahō ("I draw, pull, or drag to or toward with force”; “I draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract"), on whose perfect passive participial stem the English verb attract is modelled.
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