1. (v. t.) To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist division, separation, or decomposition.

2. (v. t.) 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.

3. (n.) Attraction.

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