English Explanatory Dictionary

attrahent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That attracts; drawing, attracting.
noun
  1. An attrahent agent; something that attracts.

Pronunciation

ăʹtrəhənt /ˈætɹəhənt/

Word forms

attrahent attrahents

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 (“to draw, pull, or drag to or toward with force”; “to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract”), on whose perfect passive participial stem the English verb attract is modelled.

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