attracting or drawing
• (v. t.) Attracting; drawing; attractive. • (n.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism. • (n.) That which attracts, as a magnet.
At'tra·hent adjective [ Latin attrahens , present participle of attrahere . See Attract , transitive verb ] Attracting; drawing; attractive.