Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, drawing forward, or that which draws forward; attrahent: the opposite of
retrahens .
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[4521] The Latin has, "sed infusionem Spiritus attrahens."
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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Num vis attrahens pendeat a libera DEI lege: an ex ip {a materis natura profluat; fitne repetenda ab aliquo tertio, definiri non poteft.
Francisci Tessanek ... Elementa physicae Franz Tessanek 1768
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