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ATTR A'HENT,/ \_attrahens, Fr. ] That which draws. 
—Our eyes will inform us of the motion of the fieel to its 
attrakent. GlanvilU. 
ATTRECTA'TION,/. [ attreBatio , Lat.] Frequent 
handling. 
ATTRl'BUTABLE, adj. \_attribuo, Lat.] That which 
may be afcribed or attributed; afcribable; imputable.— 
Much of the origination of the Americans feems to be at- 
tribuiable to the migrations of the Seres. Hale. 
To ATTR I'BUTE, v.a. [attribuo , I.at.] To afcribe ; 
to give; to yield as due.—We attribute nothing to God 
that hath any repugnancy or contradibfion in it. Power 
and wifdom have no repugnancy in them. Tillotfon. —To 
impute, as to a caufe.—The imperfection of telefcopes is 
attributed to fpherical glades ; and mathematicians have 
propounded to figure them by the conical leCtions. Newton. 
At'tribute, f. The thing attributed to another, as 
perfection to the Supreme Being.—Power, light, virtue, 
wifdom, and goodnefs, being all but attributes of one fim- 
ple effence, and of one God, we in all admire, and in part 
difcern. Raleigh. —All the perfections of God are called 
his attributes-, for he cannot be without them. Watts. —• 
Quality; charaCteriftic difpofition.—They mult have thefe 
three attributes-, they muft be men of courage, fearing 
God, and hating covetoufnefs. Bacon. —A thing belong¬ 
ing to another ; an appendant; adherent.—The fculptor, 
to diftinguifii him, gave him what the medallifts call his 
proper attributes, a lpear and a ffiield. Addifon. 
His fceptre fhews the force of temporal povv’r, 
The attribute to avyc and majefty: 
But mercy is above this fcepter’d fvvay, 
Jt is an attribute to God himfelf. Shakefpeare. 
ATTRPBUTES, f. in logic, are the predicates of any 
fubjeCt, or W'hat may be affirmed or denied of any thing. 
Attributes, in painting and and fculpture, are fym- 
bols added to feveral figures, to intimate their particular 
office and charader. Thus the eagle is an attribute of Ju- 
piter ; a peacock, of Juno ; a caduce, of Mercury ; a club, 
of Hercules; and a palm, of Victory. 
ATTRIBUTION,Commendation; qualities afcri¬ 
bed : 
If fpeaking truth, 
In this fine age, were not thought flattery, 
Such attribution fhottld the Douglas have, 
As not a foldier of this feafon’s ftamp 
Should go fo general current thro’the world. Shakefpeare 
ATTRPBUTIVES,/. in grammar, are words which 
are lignificant of attributes; and thus include adjeCtives, 
verbs,- and particles, which are attributes of fubftances; 
and adverbs, which denote the attributes only of attri¬ 
butes. Mr. Harris, who has introduced this diftribution 
of words, denominates the former attributives of the firfl 
order, and the latter attributives of'the fccond order. 
ATTRI'TE, adj. [_attritus, Lat.] Ground; worn by 
rubbing: 
Or, by collifion of two bodies, grind 
The air attrite to fire. Milton 
ATTRI'TENESS, f. The being much worn. 
ATTRITION, f. \_attritio, Lat.] The act of wearing 
things, by rubbing one againd another.—The change of 
the aliment is effected by attrition of the Inward ftomach, 
and diflolvent liquor allifted with heat. Arbutknot. —The 
Hate of being worn. With divines, it ilgnifies grief for 
(in, arifing only from the fear of punWhment; the lowed 
degree of repentance. 
ATTS'MANZDORF, a town of Germany, in the cir¬ 
cle of the Lower Rhine, four miles eaft of Erfurt. 
To ATTU'NE, v.a. [from tune.] To make any thing 
mufical. To tune one thing to another; as, He attunes his 
voice to the harp. 
ATTU'IE, a town of Arabia, fcventy-fix miles wed- 
fouth-wed of Saade. 
ATUED', or Atuet', a town of Sweden, ui Ead Goth- 
land, with fomc good mines in the neighbourhood : fix 
leagues touth-ead of Lindkoping. 
ATUM-XAU'XA, a towm of South America, in the 
country of Peru, and the capital of a jurifditftion, to which 
it gives name. The land is fertile in grain and fruit, and 
watered by a river called Xauxa, on the banks of which 
are excellent padures and meadows, which nouriffi a great 
number of cattle. The commerce is confiderable for its 
fertility, its (ilver-mines, the indudry of its inhabitants, 
and its (ituation; lying in the road of communication be¬ 
tween the maritime provinces with Cufco, Paz, la Plata, 
&c. forty leagues ead of Lima. 
ATUNCAGNAR', a village of South America, in 
Terra Firma, and jurildidtion of Cuenya, famous for its 
fertility, and the treafures fuppofed to be buried in the 
earth. One of the incas is faid to have built there a mag¬ 
nificent temple, whofe walls were covered with gold, which 
was carried off and hidden; and we are told that remains 
of temples, a palace, and a fortrefs, are yet vifible. 
ATU'RAJ, an ancient town in the didridt of Novem- 
populana in Aquitania, on the river Aturus; now Aire in 
Gafcony, on the Adour. 
ATU'RI, a town of European Turkey, in Beffarabia, 
twenty-two miles fouth of Bender. 
ATWEE'N, adv. or prep. Betwixt; between ; in the 
midd of two things. Obfolete: 
Her loofe long yellow locks, like golden wire, 
Sprinkled with pearl, and perling dowers atwcen, 
Do, like a golden mantle, her attire. Spenfer. 
ATW 1 XT jprep. In the middle of two things. Obfolete, 
A'TYPUS,/ [from a priv. and tvttoc, form.] Irre¬ 
gular in its periods; deformed in its parts. 
A'TYS, in fabulous antiquity, a young beautiful Phry¬ 
gian, beloved by Cybele, who made him her pried, on con¬ 
dition that he diould live chade; but breaking his vow, 
by an amour with a nymph of the Sangaris, die made him 
run mad and cadrate himfelf. The goddefs afterward 
changed him into a pine. 
AU, a town of Germany, in the archduchy of Audria, 
fix miles north of Gemunden. 
Au, a town of Germany, in Lower Bavaria, twelve 
miles north-wed of Mofburg. 
A'VA, a river of Afia, called alfo Menaukiou, which ri¬ 
fles in the mountains of Thibet, and runs into the gulf of 
Bengal by abundance of mouths or divided dreams, about 
lat. 16. o. N. 
Ava, a city of Afia, and capital of Ava, or Burmali, 
on a river of the fame name, 520 miles ead of Calcutta, 
and 276 ead-north-ead of Aracan. Lat. 21. 46. N. Ion. 
97. 45. E. Greenwich. 
Ava, or Burmah, a country of Afia, which lies be¬ 
tween India and China : but little known. Theairisflaid 
to be healthy, the climate temperate, and the foil rich : 
there are mines of copper, lead, and filver: the articles of 
commerce are aloes, mufk, benzoin, fpices, varniffi, canes, 
turquoifes, emeralds, faphires, rubies, &c. The religion 
is Paganifra; with a few Mahometans, and a few Chridians. 
Ava,/. a drink, flo called by the inhabitants of Otaheite, 
in the South Sea. It is drunk very freely by the chiefs and 
other confiderable perfons, w ho vie with each other in ta¬ 
king the greateft number of draughts, each draught being 
about a pint; but it is carefully kept from their women. 
AVADOU'TAS, a feet of Indian brain ins, who in auf- 
teritv furpafs all the red. The other fedts retain earthen 
veffels for holding their provifions, and a dick to lean on; 
but none of thefe are ufed by the Avadoutas. They on¬ 
ly cover their nakednefs with a piece of cloth ; and fome 
of them lay even that alide, and go dark naked, befmear- 
ing their bodies with cow-dung. When hungry, fome go 
into houfes, and, without fpeaking, hold out their hand; 
eating on the fpot whatever is given them. Others retire 
to the Aides of holy rivers, and there expebt the peafants 
to bring them provifions, which they generally do very li- 
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