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Attract

//əˈtɹækt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To pull toward without touching. transitive

    "A magnet attracts iron filings."

  2. 2
    exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away wordnet
  3. 3
    To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure. transitive

    "to attract admirers"

  4. 4
    direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes wordnet
  5. 5
    To incur. transitive

    "Using the minibar in a hotel room attracts additional charges."

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  1. 6
    be attractive to wordnet

Etymology

From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).

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