attrahent

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is that which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill called?
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