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Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.

Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor.

In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.

The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.

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

Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.

Tending to detractor draw. [R.]

The quality of being detractive.

Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp. Hall.

Capable of being extracted. "Thirty grains of extractive matter." Kirwan.

rawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.

Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. -- Re*tract"ive*ly, adv.

Tending, or having power, to subtract.

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

k or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

Attractive power; attractiveness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly. Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow.

The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.

The quality or degree of attractive power.

Attracting; drawing; attractive.