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1 definition found 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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