Attract

Definition of Attract

At`tract´
v. t.1.To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
[imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attracting.]
All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
- Derham.
2.To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
- Milton.
n.1.Attraction.

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adduct, affect the interest, allure, appeal, appeal to, be attractive, be magnetic, becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch, carry away, concern, court, drag, draw in, draw on, draw towards, enamor, endear, engage, enrapture, entrance, excite, excite interest, fetch, have an attraction, hold in thrall, inflame with love, intrigue, inveigle, invite, involve in, magnet, magnetize, pique, provoke, pull towards, seduce, solicit, stimulate, suck in, summon, take, tantalize, tease, tickle, titillate, tug, vamp, whet the appetite, wile
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