ATTRAHENT

Etymology

Adjective

attrahent (not comparable)

That attracts; drawing, attracting.

Noun

attrahent (plural attrahents)

An attrahent agent; something that attracts.

Source: Wiktionary


At"tra*hent, a. Etym: [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.]

Definition: Attracting; drawing; attractive.

At"tra*hent, n.

1. That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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