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Webster 1913 Edition


Attrahent

At′tra-hent

,
Adj.
[L.
attrahens
, p. pr. of
attrahere
. See
Attract
,
Verb.
T.
]
Attracting; drawing; attractive.

At′tra-hent

,
Noun.
1.
That which attracts, as a magnet.
The motion of the steel to its
attrahent
Glanvill.
.
2.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Attrahent

ATTRA'HENT

,
Adj.
[L. attrahens.] Drawing to; or as a noun, that which draws to.