- Attollent
Attollent, hebend; attolliren, heben.
http://www.zeno.org/Herder-1854.
Attollent, hebend; attolliren, heben.
http://www.zeno.org/Herder-1854.
Attollent — At*tol lent, a. [L. attollens, p. pr. of attollere; ad + tollere to lift.] Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle. Derham. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
attollent — /ə tolˈənt/ adjective 1. Lifting up, raising 2. (usu attollˈens; of a muscle) involved in raising or lifting up (medicine, anatomy) noun (usu attollˈens) a muscle that raises ORIGIN: L attollēns, entis, prp of attollere to lift up, from ad to,… … Useful english dictionary
Elevation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Elevation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 elevation elevation Sgm: N 1 raising raising &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 erection erection lift Sgm: N 1 sublevation sublevation upheaval Sgm: N 1 sublimation … English dictionary for students