sb. and a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. trahent-em, pr. pple. of trahĕre to draw.]
A. sb. App. short for CONTRAHENT, contracting party, or applied to one of the claimants before they enter into a contract.
1537. Cromwell, in Merriman, Life & Lett. (1902), II. 69. Euery point in the same [letter] bothe touching the title, the demeanors of the trahentes of both parties, And the seruice that may be don be eyther partie.
B. adj. Drawing, that draws.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 518. Potions,… used to evacuate humours, that doe not resist the trahent medicine.
