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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attract \At*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attracted}; p. pr &
vb n. {Attracting}.] [L. attractus p. p. of attrahere ad +
trahere to draw. See {Trace}, 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.
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.
Syn: To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence.
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