Attrahent

//ˈætɹəhənt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An attrahent agent; something that attracts.

    "The motion of steel to its attrahent."

Adjective
  1. 1
    That attracts; drawing, attracting. not-comparable

    "The humours, which easily follow the attrahent medicament."

Example

More examples

"The humours, which easily follow the attrahent medicament."

Etymology

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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