attract

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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verb direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
verb be attractive to
verb exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away

From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).

The metal soon attracted the magnet. — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs
"Yes, yes, you attracted his attention." — Tristram of Blent: An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House, Anthony Hope
Thackeray was strongly attracted by the 18th century. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

pull, pull in, draw, draw in

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