At*tract" , n. Attraction. [Obs.]
Hudibras.
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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