† attrayv.
Obsolete. rare.
To attract, draw away.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > disperse, etc., humours or morbid matter
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1579 G. Baker tr. Guydon Quest. Chirurg. 40 The third intention wherefore bleeding is made, is for to attray.
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