Home › Words › A › attollentattollent/əˈtɒlənt/attollent means lifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris ).attollent is pronounced /əˈtɒlənt/.EtymologyFrom Latin attollens, present participle of attollo; ad + tollo (“to lift”).adjLifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris ).nounA raising or lifting muscle.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.attolent 91% match — that raises or lifts up (often of muscles) vs attollent →levator 63% match — One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:; Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body. vs attollent →elevatory 63% match — Tending to raise, or having power to elevate. vs attollent →levation 58% match — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion.; The lifting of a corpse during a religious service. vs attollent →ailevator 57% match — Synonym of elevon. vs attollent →uplifted 56% match — Lifted upwards, raised. vs attollent →ascensional 55% match — Relating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending. vs attollent →elevatorial 55% match — Pertaining to an elevator. vs attollent →