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tractive

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trac⋅tive

  [trak-tiv]
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–adjective
having or exerting traction; drawing.
Origin:
1605–15; < L tract(us) (see traction ) + -ive
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trac·tive   (trāk'tĭv)   
adj.  Serving to pull or draw; exerting traction.

[From Latin tractus, past participle of trahere, to draw.]
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