"attrahent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈætɹəhənt/
enPR: ăʹtrəhənt 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 (“I draw, pull, or drag to or toward with force”; “I draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract”), on whose perfect passive participial stem the English verb attract is modelled. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|attrahēns||drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting}} Latin attrahēns (“drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} attrahent (not comparable)
  1. That attracts; drawing, attracting. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-attrahent-en-adj-jvHoPxcY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40

Noun

IPA: /ˈætɹəhənt/ Forms: attrahents [plural]
enPR: ăʹtrəhənt 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 (“I draw, pull, or drag to or toward with force”; “I draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attract”), on whose perfect passive participial stem the English verb attract is modelled. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|attrahēns||drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting}} Latin attrahēns (“drawing, pulling, or dragging to or toward with force”; “drawing”, “alluring”, “leading”, “bringing”, “moving”, “attracting”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} attrahent (plural attrahents)
  1. An attrahent agent; something that attracts.
    Sense id: en-attrahent-en-noun-nhyvqlVL

Inflected forms

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