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One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

The act of drying, or the state of growing dry. The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale.

A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.

aired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

One of the Artiodactyla.

Even-toed.

The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [Obs.] Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor.

divulsion, separation, or decomposition. All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another. Derham.

The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.

Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. -- At*tract"a*ble*ness, n.

One who, or that which, attracts.

Having power to attract.

That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv.

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere.

Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton.

The quality or degree of attractive power.

One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne

One who is self-taught; an automath.

See Bacterium.