Webster's Dictionary 1913

7102

Attitudinarian

At′ti‐tu′di‐na″ri‐an (�), n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

7103

Attitudinarianism

At′ti‐tu′di‐na″ri‐an‐ism (�), n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

7104

Attitudinize

At′ti‐tu″di‐nize (�), v. i. To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp.Hannah More.

7105

Attitudinizer

At′ti‐tu″di‐ni′zer (�), n. One who practices attitudes.

7106

Attle

At″tle (�), n. [Cf. Addle mire.] (Mining) Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore. Weale.

7107

Attollent

At‐tol″lent (�), a. [L. attollens, p. pr. of attollere; ad + tollere to lift.] Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle. Derham.

7108

Attonce

At‐tonce″ (�), adv. [At + once.] At once; together. Spenser.

7109

Attone

At‐tone″ (�), adv. See At one.

7110

Attorn

At‐torn″ (�), v. i. [OF. atorner, aturner, atourner, to direct, prepare, dispose, attorn (cf. OE. atornen to return, adorn); à (L. ad) + torner to turn; cf. LL. attornare to com...

7111

Attorney

At‐tor″ney (�), n.; pl.Attorneys (�). [OE. aturneye, OF. atorné, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn.] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent...

7112

Attorney (2)

At‐tor″ney (�), v. t. To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. Shak.

7113

Attorney-general

At‐tor″ney–gen″er‐al (�), n.; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executi...

7114

Attorneyism

At‐tor″ney‐ism (�), n. The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

7115

Attorneyship

At‐tor″ney‐ship, n. The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.

7116

Attornment

At‐torn″ment (�), n. [OF. attornement, LL. attornamentum. See Attorn.] (Law) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, t...

7117

Attract

At‐tract″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Attracted; p. pr. & vb. n.Attracting.] [L. attractus, p. p. of attrahere; ad + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t.] 1. To draw to, or cause to te...

7118

Attract (2)

At‐tract″, n. Attraction. Hudibras.

7119

Attractability

At‐tract′a‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.

7120

Attractable

At‐tract″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. — At‐tract″a‐ble‐ness, n.

7121

Attracter

At‐tract″er (�), n. One who, or that which, attracts.

7122

Attractile

At‐tract″ile (�), a. Having power to attract.

7123

Attracting

At‐tract″ing, a. That attracts. — At‐tract″ing‐ly, adv.

7124

Attraction

At‐trac″tion (�), n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.] 1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually betwe...

7125

Attraction sphere

At‐trac″tion sphere. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere. (b) Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting...

7126

Attractive

At‐tract″ive (�), a. [Cf. F. attractif.] 1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton.2. Attracting or drawing by m...

7127

Attractive (2)

At‐tract″ive, n. That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation.South.

7128

Attractivity

At′trac‐tiv″i‐ty (ăt′trăk‐tĭv″ĭ‐ty̆), n. The quality or degree of attractive power.