Attract

At·tract

Attract

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attracting

  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.

Attract

n.
  1. Attraction. [Obs.]