Part 767

<blockquote>Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most <b>attractive</b> to flies. <i>Lubbock.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>At*tract"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>At*tract"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Attractive</h1> <Xpage=99>

<hw>At*tract"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.</def>

<blockquote>Speaks nothing but <b>attractives</b> and invitation. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Attractivity</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At`trac*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or degree of attractive power.</def>

<h1>Attractor</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At*tract"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, attracts.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne</i>

<h1>Attrahent</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At"tra*hent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>attrahens</ets>, <tt>p. pr.</tt> of <ets>attrahere</ets>. See <wf>Attract</wf>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Attracting; drawing; attractive.</def>

<h1>Attrahent</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At"tra*hent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which attracts, as a magnet.</def>

<blockquote>The motion of the steel to its <b>attrahent</b>. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.</def>

<h1>Attrap</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At*trap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>attraper</ets> to catch; \'85 (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>trappe</ets> trap. See <wf>Trap</wf> (for taking game).]</ety> <def>To entrap; to insnare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Grafton.</i>

<h1>Attrap</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At*trap"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad + trap</ets> to adorn.]</ety> <def>To adorn with trapping; to array.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Shall your horse be <b>attrapped</b> . . . more richly? <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Attrectation</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>At`trec*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>attrectatio</ets>; <ets>ad + tractare</ets> to handle.]</ety> <def>Frequent handling or touching.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Attributable</h1> <Xpage=100>