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alliciency

alliciency noun: the power to attract; attractiveness; draw.

Noun

alliciency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) the power to attract; attractiveness; draw
    • Now if these Magneticall emissions be only qualities, and the gravity of bodies incline them only unto earth; surely that which moveth other bodies to descent carrieth not the stroak in this, but rather the Magneticall alliciency of the earth;1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Questions about alliciency

What does alliciency mean?
Alliciency means the power to attract; attractiveness; draw.
What part of speech is alliciency?
Alliciency is a noun.

Words near alliciency in the dictionary

  1. alliaunces
  2. alliballies
  3. allice
  4. allice shad
  5. allices
  6. alliciency
  7. allicient
  8. allicin
  9. allicins
  10. allide
  11. allided

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