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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages)

Noah Webster · Public domain text

261,685 words · about 18 h 20 min to read

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Author
Noah Webster (1758–1843)
Language
English
Subjects
English language › Dictionaries
Length
261,685 words · about 18 h 20 min
Sections
3 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (3)

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At·tracÏtiv¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or degree of attractive power.
AtÏtract¶or (?), n. One who, or that which, attracts.
Sir T. Browne.
At¶traÏhent (?), a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t.] Attracting; drawing; attractive.
At¶traÏhent, n. 1. That which attracts, as a magnet.
The motion of the steel to its attrahent.
Glanvill.
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.
AtÏtrap¶ (?), v. t. [F. attraper to catch; … (L. ad + trappe trap. See Trap (for taking game).] To entrap; to insnare. [Obs.]
Grafton.
AtÏtrap¶ , v. t. [Pref. ad + trap to adorn.] To adorn with trapping; to array. [Obs.]
Shall your horse be attrapped . . . more richly?
Holland.
At·trecÏta¶tion (?), n. [L. attrectatio; ad + tractare to handle.] Frequent handling or touching. [Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
AtÏtrib¶uÏtaÏble (?), a. Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
Errors . . . attributable to carelessness.
J.D. Hooker. …

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