Writer: Noah Webster

Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary – Second Hundred Pages

At·tracÏtiv¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or degree of attractive power.
AtÏtract¶or (?), n. One who, or that which, attracts.
Sir T. Browne.
At¶traÏhent (?), a. Attracting; drawing; attractive.
At¶traÏhent, n. 1. That which attracts, as a magnet.

Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary – First Hundred Pages

A (named ? in the English, and most commonly  in other languages). The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old