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Synonyms for attract


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-trakt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtrækt

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Définition of attract

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere "to draw, pull; to attract," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + trahere "draw" (see tract (n.1)).
  • Originally a medical term for the body's tendency to absorb fluids, nourishment, etc., or for a poultice treatment to "draw out" diseased matter (1560s). Of the ability of people or animals to draw others to them, it is attested from 1560s; of physical forces (magnetism, etc.), from c.1600 (implied in attraction). Related: Attracted; attracting.
  • verb draw attention
Example sentences :
  • And, if we do, it is doubtful if we can attract their attention.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • There will be nothing to attract these poor children to one centre.
  • Extract from : « Fire Worship (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Finally Number Thirteen cracked his long whip to attract their attention.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Whatever the motive for his masquerade, it was not to attract anything feminine.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • However little one desires to attract, one may at least wish one's hat to be straight.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • You are boasting of your merits, Sir: let merit be your boast; nothing else can attract me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But this daring hypothesis has ceased to attract the attention it once received.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • People like a fight, and it will attract attention to the mine.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Should a man of quality incline to sport there was ever something to attract him.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Do you want to attract the attention of everybody on the deck?
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

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