attirer

Meaning

1. to attract
2. to lure, to entice

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.ti.ʁe/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French atirer, atirier (“to draw to oneself”), from a- + tirer (“to draw, pull out with great effort, snatch violently, tear away”), from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tiran, “to tear away, remove”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (“to tear, tear apart”). By surface analysis, a- + tirer. More at tirer.

Sentences

Dès ce moment , la grande croix-reliquaire commence à attirer les foules .

From that moment, the great reliquary cross began to attract crowds.