Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages)

Webster, Noah · 1843

At·tracÏtiv¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or degree of attractive power. AtÏtract¶or (?), n. One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne. At¶traÏhent (?), a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.] Attracting; drawing; attractive. At¶traÏhent, n. 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. AtÏtrap¶ (?), v. t. [F. attraper to catch; … (L. ad + trappe trap. See Trap (for taking game).] To entrap; to insnare. [Obs.] Grafton. AtÏtrap¶ , v. t. [Pref. ad + trap to adorn.] To adorn with trappin…

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