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Webster 1913 Edition

Attract

At-tract′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Attracted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Attracting
.]
[L.
attractus
, p. p. of
attrahere
;
ad
+
trahere
to draw. See
Trace
,
Verb.
T.
]
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.

At-tract′

,
Noun.
Attraction.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.

Webster 1828 Edition

Attract

ATTRACT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. attraho, attractus, of ad and trako, to draw. See Drag and Draw.]
1.
To draw to; to cause to move towards, and unite with; as, electrical bodies attract straws, and light substances, by physical laws.
2.
To draw to or incline to unite with though some cause may prevent the union; as, the sun is supposed to attract the planets.
3.
To draw by influence of a moral kind; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers.
4.
To engage; as, to attract attention.

ATTRACT'

,
Noun.
Attraction. [Not in use.]

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