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Attractive: Definition and part of speech

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Attractive

  1. n. That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
  2. a. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
  3. a. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attorney: Definition and part of speech

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Attorney

  1. v. t. To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy.
  2. n. A substitute; a proxy; an agent.
  3. n. One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.
  4. n. A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attrahent: Definition and part of speech

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Attrahent

  1. 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.
  2. v. t. Attracting; drawing; attractive.
  3. n. That which attracts, as a magnet.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attorney-general: Definition and part of speech

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Attorney-general

  1. n. The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.