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   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.]
   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.
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   All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
   Derham.
   
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   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.
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   Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
   Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence.
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   Attract, n. Attraction. [Obs.]
   Hudibras.
   
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