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Found 4 hits - Term: attract, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
attract \attract"\, 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.
      1913 webster

            all bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract
            themselves and one another.           --derham.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --milton.
      1913 webster

   syn: to draw; allure; invite; entice; influence.
        1913 webster
see also:
attracted attracting trace 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
attract \attract"\, n.
   attraction. obs. --hudibras.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
attract
     v 1: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some
          psychological power or physical attributes; "her good
          looks attract the stares of many men"; "the ad pulled in
          many potential customers"; "this pianist pulls huge
          crowds"; "the store owner was happy that the ad drew in
          many new customers" syn: pull, pull in, draw, draw
          in ant: repel
     2: exert a force on a body causing it to approach or prevent
        it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet
        attracts other bodies"
     3: be attractive to; "the idea of a vacation appeals to me";
        "the beautiful garden attracted many people" syn: appeal
        ant: repel
see also:
pull pull in draw draw in repel appeal 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
63 moby thesaurus words for "attract":
   adduct, affect the interest, allure, appeal, appeal to,
   be attractive, be magnetic, becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch,
   captivate, carry away, charm, concern, court, drag, draw, draw in,
   draw on, draw towards, enamor, enchant, endear, engage, enrapture,
   entice, entrance, excite, excite interest, fascinate, fetch,
   have an attraction, hold in thrall, infatuate, inflame with love,
   interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, involve in, lure, magnet,
   magnetize, pique, provoke, pull, pull towards, seduce, solicit,
   stimulate, suck in, summon, take, tantalize, tease, tempt, tickle,
   titillate, tug, vamp, whet the appetite, wile





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