attract
attract Lexical Profile
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• verb
To cause someone to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest, favorable conditions, or opportunities.
"The annual film festival continues to attract thousands of visitors and directors from around the world."
To evoke interest, pleasure, admiration, or romantic desire in someone.
"What first attracted her to the university was its interdisciplinary approach to environmental science."
To draw or pull an object toward oneself through an unseen physical force such as magnetism, gravity, or electric charge.
"Because opposite magnetic poles attract each other, the two iron bars snapped together instantly."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 15th century from Latin attractus, the past participle of attrahere ('to draw toward'), formed from ad- ('to') and trahere ('to pull, draw').