Definition of "attract"

attract

/əˈtɹækt/

verb
third-person singular simple present attracts, present participle attracting, simple past and past participle attracted
1. (transitive) To pull toward without touching.
  Quotations
  All bodies, and all the parts of bodies, mutually attract themselves, and one another.
  1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […]
  The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
  2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist
2. (transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
  Quotations
  Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
  1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
3. (transitive) To incur.