ATTRACTABILITY
ATTRACTABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being attractable, or of being subject to the law of attraction.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ATTRACTABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being attractable, or of being subject to the law of attraction.
ATTRACT'ABLE, adjective That may be attracted; subject to attraction.
ATTRACT'ED, participle passive Drawn towards; invited; allured; engaged.
ATTRACT'IC,ATTRACT'ICAL, adjective Having power to draw to. [Not used.]
ATTRACT'ICAL, a. Having power to draw to. [Not used.]
ATTRACT'ILE, adjective That has power to attract.
ATTRACT'ING, participle present tense Drawing to or towards; inviting; alluring; engaging.
ATTRACT'INGLY, adverb In an attracting manner.
ATTRAC'TION, noun1. The power in bodies which is supposed to draw them together; or the tendency or principle which inclines them to unite or cohere; called by Copernicus, appet...
ATTRACT'IVE, adjective1. Having the quality of attracting; drawing to; as the attractive force of bodies.2. Drawing to by moral influence; alluring; inviting; engaging; as the a...
ATTRACT'IVELY, adverb With the power of attracting, or drawing to.
ATTRACT'IVENESS, noun The quality of being attractive, or engaging.
ATTRACT'OR, noun The person or thing that attracts.
ATTRA'HENT, adjective [Latin attrahens.] Drawing to; or as a noun, that which draws to.
ATTRAP', verb transitive To clothe; to dress. [Not in use.]
ATTRECTA'TION, noun [Latin attrectatio.] Frequent handling.
ATTRIB'UTABLE, adjective [See attribute.]That may be ascribed, imputed or attributed; ascribable; imputable; as, the fault is not attributable to the author.
ATTRIB'UTE, verb transitive [Latin attribuo; ad and tribuo, to divide, to bestow, to assign; tribus, a tribe, division or ward. See Tribe.]1. To allot or attach, in contemplatio...
ATTRIB'UTED, participle passive Ascribed; yielded as due; imputed.
ATTRIB'UTING, participle present tense Ascribing; yielding or giving as due; imputing.
ATTRIBU'TION, noun The act of attributing, or the quality ascribed; commendation.
ATTRIB'UTIVE, adjective Pertaining to or expressing an attribute.ATTRIB'UTIVE, noun In grammar, a word significant of an attribute; as an adjective, verb or particle, which is t...
ATTRI'TE, adjective [Latin attritus, worn, of ad and tero to wear; Gr. See Trite.] worn by rubbing or friction.[See Trite, which is now generally used.]
ATTRI'TENESS, noun the being much worn.
ATTRI'TION, noun1. Abrasion; the act of wearing by friction, or rubbing substances together.the change of aliment is effected by the attrition of the stomach.2. the state of bei...
ATTU'NE, verb intransitive [of ad and tune. See tone and Tune.]1. to make musical.Vernal airs attune the trembling leaves.2. To tune, or put in tune; to adjust one sound to anot...
ATTU'NED, participle passive Made musical or harmonious; accommodated in sound.