ATTRACT

attract. Attract, v.t. to allure, invite, draw, engage

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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. 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. 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.