attract

== English == === Etymology === From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈtɹækt/ Rhymes: -ækt Hyphenation: at‧tract === Verb === attract (third-person singular simple present attracts, present participle attracting, simple past and past participle attracted) (transitive) To pull toward without touching. (transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure. Synonym: beckon (transitive) To incur. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== allure ==== Antonyms ==== repel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “attract”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “attract”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “attract”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.