Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attracting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Attract \At*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attracted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Attracting}.] [L. attractus, p. p. of attrahere; ad +
trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t.]
1. To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to
approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist
divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract
themselves and one another. --Derham.
2. 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.
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
Syn: To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Attracting \At*tract"ing\, a.
That attracts. -- {At*tract"ing*ly}, adv.
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