attract
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attract/əˈtrakt/
▶verb
- 1 draw or bring in by offering something of interest or advantage.
- 2 evoke (a specified reaction).
- 3 (often be attracted to) cause to have a liking for or interest in.
- 4 exert a pull on.
– derivatives
attractable adjective,
attractor noun.
attractable adjective,
attractor noun.
– origin ME: from L. attract-, attrahere ‘draw near’.
'attract' also found in these Oxford entries:
ahem
- ahoy
- allure
- arrest
- barker
- bleep
- bowerbird
- buzzer
- call
- cap
- captivate
- catch
- catchword
- coacher
- come-on
- cooee
- Coulomb's law
- court
- display
- draw
- dream ticket
- electrophilic
- engage
- entice
- exhibitionism
- fascinate
- fascination
- gimmick
- glow-worm
- grandstand
- hail
- halloo
- head
- hello
- hem
- here
- hey
- hist
- histrionic
- hoy
- knock
- knocker
- loss-leader
- magnetism
- masher
- mountebank
- noise
- nudge
- oi
