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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Attraction. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. be attractive to Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. Milton. Syn. -- To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence. Attraction. [Obs.] Hudibras. Source: webster
  8. 8. Attraction. [Obs.] Hudibras. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v:100 v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes v. be attractive to v. exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away Source: ecdict

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