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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

attollens

, p. pr. of

attollere

;

tollere

to lift.]

Lifting up; raising;

as, an

attollent

muscle

Derham.

Adj.

[L. attollens, attollo, of ad and tollor, to lift.]

Lifting up; raising; as an attollent muscle.

Noun.

a muscle which raises some part, as the ear, the tip of the nose, or the upper eye lid; otherwise called levator and elevator.