attract

Meaning

  1. To pull toward without touching.
  2. To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
  3. To incur.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈtɹækt/
Etymology

From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).

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