\At"tra*hent\, a. [L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere.
See {Attract}, v. t.]
Attracting; drawing; attractive.

\At"tra*hent\, 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.