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attractn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s attract, 1600s attraict, 1700s atract.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: attract v.; Latin attractus.
Etymology: Probably partly (i) < attract v., and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin attractus (4th declension) action of drawing or pulling (4th cent.), action of acquiring, appropriation (6th cent.) < classical Latin attract- , past participial stem of attrahere attract v. + -tus , suffix forming verbal nouns. In later use partly after French attrait, †attraict action of pulling something towards oneself, amiable quality, something that is attractive (12th cent. in Old French as atret ); compare attrait n. Compare earlier attraction n.
Obsolete.
= attraction n. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this; an attractive quality.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature
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Venus1540
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charmingness1727
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charmfulness1842
style1897
appeal1916
pull factor1938
1593 A. Chute Beawtie Dishonoured 30 Those my attract, my chaunge of fortune tended My bewties worth and excellencie seing: Reporte my bewtie to be so deuine; As now he prysed none so much as myne.
1620 J. Pyper tr. H. d'Urfé Hist. Astrea i. vii. 217 I haue not felt this attract [Fr. attrait] which you reproach me for.
1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 120 She on her party corresponds, and with a willing assent glides after these attracts.
1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince iii. i. 36 Oh Madam ask your Eyes, Those powerful Attracts.
1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands 27 The Image of some Hero, which is all life, charm, and attraict.
1690 H. Waring Rule of Charity 55 The especial attract of Alms, ought to be Divine Love, without any by-respect to Temporal Returns.
a1726 in Miscellanea (Catholic Rec. Soc.) (1911) 7 342 She was much drawen by the atracts of divine Love.
1824 ‘L. Langshank’ Things in Gen. 185 I would not fall into their own besetting sin, in saying, that this is in anywise owing to the paucity of their attracts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

attractv.

Brit. /əˈtrakt/, U.S. /əˈtræk(t)/
Forms: late Middle English attracte (past tense and past participle), late Middle English–1500s attracte, 1500s–1600s atract, 1500s– attract; also Scottish 1800s– attrack.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin attract-, attrahere.
Etymology: < classical Latin attract-, past participial stem of attrahere to draw with force, to drag towards, to cause to happen, to draw by invisible influence, to draw together, contract, to breathe in, inhale, to gather (saliva), in post-classical Latin also to acquire, appropriate (7th cent.), (of a medicinal agent or treatment) to draw (venom, humours, etc.) to itself (13th cent.), (of an organism or body part) to absorb (liquid, nutrients, etc.) (13th cent.) < at- , ad- at- prefix3 + trahere to drag, draw (see tract n.3). Compare attray v. and the Romance verbs cited at that entry, and also earlier attraction n.
1.
a. transitive. Of a medicinal agent or treatment (often one applied to the skin): to draw to itself (venom, blood, humours, etc.). Occasionally also intransitive. Cf. attraction n. 1. Now historical.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours [verb (transitive)] > draw or attract
attract?a1425
exhauriate1683
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62v For to attracte [L. attrahere] þe veneme and for to hele þe particle.
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. xlix, in Bulwarke of Defence Then secondly, we vse to giue medicens whiche haue vertue, to alter, to draw [and] attracte the losed humours to the stomacke.
1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. i. ii. f. 2 Medicines which do drawe & attracte be of whote temperature & subtyle partes.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ ix. 169 Take a live Cole, & hold it as neer and as long to the place as you can possibly endure it; which will sympathetically attract the fiery venom, that by the sting [of a bee] was left in the wound.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana ii. ix. 931/1 These [sc. red pease] are stronger than the former, and attract Humors more powerfully.
1764 Med. Museum III. 539 Proper and gentle cathartics are also of service in attracting the redundant and malignant humours from the lower parts.
1838 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 4 July 350 The derivative effect produced by bleeding is powerfully aided by certain means of irritation, which attract the blood towards the circumference and thus turn it from the diseased organ.
1866 S. Thomson Dict. Domest. Med. 409/2 Instead of soothing and encouraging sufficient discharge, they [sc. poultices] attract the blood too strongly to the part.
1905 Med. Era 14 160/2 It [sc. Antiphlogistine] attracts or draws the blood to the surface.
1979 J. J. Bylebyl William Harvey & his Age 70 At first glance it might seem that Harvey was simply affirming the traditional view that moderate ligatures have the power to attract blood.
2012 J. P. Byrne Encycl. Black Death 311/1 Folk medicine, alchemy, and Paracelsian medicine agreed that poisons could attract poisons, so amulets, bezoar stones, toads, or alchemically prepared arsenic and antimony were also placed on the skin.
b. transitive. Of a body or object: to draw to or toward itself through the action of gravitational, electrical, magnetic, or intermolecular forces, or chemical affinity. Cf. attraction n. 4.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [verb (transitive)] > attract
attract?a1475
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > bring near > draw towards or attract > specific said of physical forces
attract?a1475
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 17 That ston [sc. iette] made hoote with rubbenge dothe attracte chaffe to hit [L. applicita detinet].
1596 J. Norden Preparatiue to Speculum Britanniæ 4 The needle touched with the loadstone, seemeth to be here with vs, & in many other places, sensibly attracted (by an vnknowen vertue) certaine degrees east of the north Pole.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 11 Iron nailes would attract the Compasse.
1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2041 This Substance is Electrical, attracting (to speak with the Vulgar,) when heated, straw, Feathers, etc.
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. iv. 47 It [sc. the food of plants] may be increased by managing the soil in such a manner, as to enable it to attract this food in greater plenty from the air.
1777 J. Anderson Inst. Physics I. 137 The immediate cause why two or more magnetical bodies attract each other, seems to be the flux of the same stream of magnetic matter thro them.
1822 J. L. Comstock Gram. Chem. 56 The sulphuric acid attracts the soda more strongly than it attracts the lime.
1882 Nature 5 Oct. 554/2 The moving electro-magnets were first attracted towards the opposing poles, and then, as they neared them, were caused to be repelled past.
1921 Pop. Sci. Sept. 82/3 When the current is made to flow through these two copper wires in the same direction, the wires will attract each other.
1960 Illustr. London News 2 Jan. 14/1 Though the different planets attract each other, the motion of each planet is in the main due to the sun alone.
2011 H. McGregor Magnets & Springs 6 Steel contains iron, so a magnet will attract a food can made from steel.
c. transitive. To develop or be susceptible to (something undesirable or detrimental, as damp or dust); to contract (a disease); to become infested by (parasites).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > bring near > draw towards or attract
drawa1387
attire1549
attract1589
accrete1664
invite1671
1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon sig. **3v They attract more infection in one minute, than they can do eloquence all dayes of their life.
1646 C. Spelman in H. Spelman De non temerandis Eccl. (ed. 3) To Rdr. sig. b4v Comming too nigh the flame, the heat of the fire and his Armes attracts a dissease..whereof he dies.
1782 G. Chalmers Introd. Hist. Revolt Colonies I. 200 Predisposition of habit naturally attracts infection.
1869 W. Wilson tr. St. Clement of Alexandria Writings II. vii. iv. 423 By cramming themselves, and wallowing in potations at feasts, they attract diseases.
1969 T. J. Kelly If Sherlock Holmes were Woman 10 I declare, Sniffles, you manage to attract germs like I manage to attract beaux.
1984 A. B. S. King & J. L. Saunders Invertebr. Pests Ann. Food Crops Central Amer. iii. 103 Produce honeydew with [sic] attracts sooty moulds which blacken the leaves.
2010 J. Howell DIY for Dummies v. ii. 336 Steam, hairspray, and other grooming products create a tacky surface that attracts dust, dirt, and fuzz at an alarming rate.
2.
a. transitive. To cause to come to a place or join in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)]
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misdrawa1382
wooa1387
lure1393
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allurea1450
attract?a1475
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attice1490
allect1518
illect?1529
wind1538
disarm1553
call1564
troll1565
embait1567
alliciate1568
slock1594
enamour1600
court1602
inescate1602
fool1620
illure1638
magnetize1658
trepana1661
solicit1665
whistle1665
drill1669
inveigh1670
siren1690
allicit1724
wisea1810
come-hither1954
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > bring near > draw towards or attract > specifically of people or animals
attract?a1475
collect1956
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 43 (MED) Men of Affrike attracte [L. attracto] to theym Zanzippus kynge of Lacedemonia.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxvijv Secretly to enuegle and attracte suche personnes of nobilite to ioyne with her and take her parte.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. i. ii. iii. 516 Be they [sc. the virtuous] present or absent,..this beauty shines, and will attract men many miles to come and see it.
1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II ii. v. 133 At the first Speech he made in Croto, he attracted many followers, in so much that in a short time he gained 600. Disciples.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 67 It [sc. the Church of the Holy Sepulchre] has attracted the City round about it.
1712 A. Pope tr. Ovid Fable Vertumnus & Pomona in Misc. Poems 133 What Nymph cou'd e'er attract such Crowds as you!
1795 W. Roscoe Life Lorenzo de' Medici (1799) I. iii. 148 By the liberal encouragement which he held out to men of learning,..he attracted them from all parts of that country to Florence.
1840 Lit. Gaz. 20 June 389/3 He attracted a large audience in one of the public rooms.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ii. 15 A great capital attracts great talent.
1920 M. Luckiesh Artific. Light xviii. 249 Many fishermen will testify that artificial light seems to attract fish.
1963 Econ. Hist. Rev. 16 171 English merchant shipping..attracted investment from a remarkably wide selection of social groups.
2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 182 He was attracting huge television audiences.
b. transitive. To cause (an animal) to approach by providing or indicating the presence of a source of food, an opportunity for reproduction, etc.honey attracts more flies than vinegar: see honey n. and adj. Phrases 2.
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1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xvii. 37 The Brya or Catkins attract the Bees.
1730 J. Swift in Select Poems Ireland: Pt. II 4 'Tis Eminence makes Envy rise, As fairest Fruits attract the Flies.
1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening §4723 The smell of Sweet Cicely attracts bees.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. i. 9 Color, scent, and honey are the three characteristics by which insects are attracted to flowers.
1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. xiii. 217 The ‘poison bait’ method of control..consists in spraying the onions with a solution of sodium arsenite in water, with the addition of some treacle to attract the flies.
1962 New Scientist 13 Sept. 576/3 Empty shells attract predators, such as crows and herring gulls.
1990 Jrnl. Zool. 220 241 ‘Maternal pheromone’, a chemical attractant produced by lactating female rats 16–27 days postpartum, attracts the weaning rat pups to their mother's faeces.
2012 Independent 7 June 20/2 The woodcock..was performing its display flight to attract females, which is known as ‘roding’.
3. transitive. To cause to come to or towards oneself by taking hold of; to pull, draw, or drag in. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > towards oneself
attract1538
1538 tr. Erasmus Prepar. to Deathe sig. Cv He attracteth [L. attrahit] and draweth vnto hym all our euyls, and tourneth theym into our profyt and his glory.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 222 Out of the History of Moses touching the Universal Flood, and the History of Deucalion, Ovid made up his first Book, attracting in a great measure to the latter what was written of the former by Moses.
1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 16 That the Thumb sticking in the Angle P, the rest of the Fingers may attract the Leaver L, and so force, [etc.].
1695 O. Heywood New Creature ii. 24 And God reacheth forth the Hand of the Spirit to attract Hearts to himself.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Bring To attract; to draw along.]
4.
a. transitive. Of an organism or one of its parts: to take in (liquid, nutrients, etc.); to absorb. Occasionally also intransitive. Cf. attraction n. 2. Now historical.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > absorption or assimilation (of a substance, etc.) > absorb or assimilate ( a substance, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
attract1545
assimilate1578
incorporate1653
introsume1657
insume1676
incept1863
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. E.iiii An attractyfe power..geuen to the wombe to attracte and drawe towardes it selfe the seede.
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. viii. f. 61 Not able.., to attracte & digest that nourishment yt is moyste, nor to make it lyke and consubstantial with the body and members.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw xi. 96 The internal vessels being heated will more strongly attract, and expell.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus ii. 15 A consumption of the parts of the body, weakly, or depravately, or not at all attracting nutriment.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 182 A Hair Shirt and Nettling attract Nutriment.
1753 Monthly Rev. Apr. 267 Neither is there any occasion or even room for the roots to attract nutriment from the soil.
1834 Royal Lady's Mag. Feb. 26/1 We infer that plants are organized bodies, and endued with a species of life called vegetable life or vegetation, which is that quality or faculty by which they attract nourishment, and grow.
1907 W. H. Burgess Chronic Dis. 99 The cells not being able to attract and assimilate a normal amount of nutriment from the blood on account of the low nerve power.
1951 Isis 42 26/1 Elsewhere Caesalpino attaches importance to the innate heat of the heart which enables it to attract nutriment and to form and ‘perfect’ blood.
1979 J. J. Bylebyl William Harvey & his Age 67 He was quite explicit in his adherence to the Galenic theory of natural faculties, according to which each part of the body has the power to attract, retain, and concoct its nutritive humors.
b. transitive. To draw in (air or breath); to inhale. Cf. attraction n. 3. Now rare.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)]
to suck inc1220
drawa1300
inbreathea1382
to draw ina1398
to take in1495
inhaust1547
fetch1552
fet1556
imbreathe1574
to breathe in1576
attract1582
suck?1614
inspirate1615
imbibe1621
inspire1666
redistend1684
inhale1725
embreathe1867
indraw1883
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum vii. xxiii. sig. R.v/1 (Addition) The nostrells, which be the organes of the braine, by which the braine doth attract and expulse the aire.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 485 Through these passages & productions aire and vapors attracted or drawn in respiration through the nosthrils..are carried vn to the braine.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xvii. 214 Animals that doe attract and deliuer their breath more strongly.
1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 603 To speak inwardly, as do the Ventriloqui, by attracting the Breath.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. ii. i. xv. 181 Pigeons... Croppers, so called because they can, and usually do, by attracting the Air, blow up their Crops to that strange bigness that they exceed the bulk of the whole body beside.
1746 R. Jackson Physical Diss. Drowning 30 The Motion of the Breast, destin'd to attract the Air, at that Time, totally ceases.
1835 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 6 May 198 Besides the parts actually entering into the composition of the chest, we have, below, the diaphragm and abdominal muscles acting with considerable energy, so as to attract or expel the air.
1902 H. J. Garrigues Text-bk. Sci. & Art Obstetr. ii. ii. xviii. 562 If the phrenic nerve is irritated it will make the diaphragm contract, and thus powerfully attract air into the lungs.
1952 C. D. O'Malley & J. B. de C. M. Saunders tr. Leonardo da Vinci in Leonardo da Vinci on Human Body 388 When the lung has driven out the wind and so is diminished in size..one ought then to consider from where the space of the capsule..of the diminished lung attracts to itself the air which fills it on its enlargement, since in nature there is no vacuum.
1992 Isis 83 vii. 459 The lungs [sc. in Hippocratic medicine], for example, attract air, the gullet or the ‘cavity’ food and drink, and the vessels and tissues in the body..what is suitable as nourishment.
2004 C. Zimmer Soul made Flesh (2005) 160 Everyone knew that all animals must breathe to live. Galen had offered a reason why, declaring that lungs attract air.
c. transitive. figurative. To take in and consider. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > conceive, form in the mind [verb (transitive)] > take into the mind
conceive?a1425
to take (something) into (also in) one's head1570
attract1593
to get ideas (into one's head)1814
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 181 A hundred thousand times more then thought can attract, or supposition apprehend.
1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. iii. vi. 357 Therefore Our mind being pure and divine..doth attract the truth, and sudainly comprehend it.
5.
a. transitive. To arouse the liking or interest of (a person, a seat of emotion); to engage the romantic or sexual feelings of. Also intransitive with object understood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)]
attract1584
trance1597
fetch1607
magnetize1658
engage1693
seduce1747
appeala1885
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm
charmc1440
allure?1532
attract1584
sirenize1592
enchant1593
enamour1600
fetch1607
inveiglea1720
seduce1747
appeal1881
1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx sig. E2 Besides her attire, eies hath shee to entise, teares to excuse, lookes to attract.
1589 A. Munday tr. F. de Vernassal Hist. Palmendos xxi. f. 65 Her Maydens..sung many dainty canzonets..which so attracted the sences of the Prince, as his memory began to wexe drowsie and forgetful.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iv. 85 'Tis that miracle, and Queene of Iems That nature prankes her in, attracts my soule. View more context for this quotation
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo ii. 121 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The women, on the contrary, do all they can to appear lovely, and attract the men.
1778 S. Glasse tr. L.-A. de Caraccioli Advice from Lady of Quality II. xix. 204 My fortune, rank, and dignity attracted many admirers.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 88 The young people were pleased with each other from the first. On each side there was much to attract . View more context for this quotation
1828 G. Kennedy Dunallan I. xiii. 213 These are the charms which irresistibly attract the heart against its better resolutions!
?1836–42 C. Kingsley in Lett. & Memories Life (1877) I. 36 The beauty of the animate and the human began to attract me.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §2. 118 John..had a strange gift of attracting friends and of winning the love of women.
1922 E. Chipp Doubting Castle 56 There was about her none of the allicient charm that attracts the average man.
1958 R. Galton & A. Simpson Hancock's Half-hour (1987) 121 You wouldn't think he'd attract women with a hooter like that.
1992 Future Fitness UK May 14 (heading) They say opposites attract but there are times when you may find you and your partner are not on the same planet.
2005 J. McGahern Memoir 269 She had whatever it took to attract good-looking men.
b. transitive. In passive, with by or to. To have a sexual or romantic interest in (someone); to find (a person or a person's attributes) sexually attractive.
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1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 54 When first attracted by thy heauenly eyes, I came to see thee, in a strange disguise.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 46 Whom to behold but thee, Natures desire, In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. View more context for this quotation
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VI. 99 But what must the women be, who can be attracted by such empty-souled profligates!
1762 Plain Easy Road to Land of Bliss xiv. 105 He spied a young damsel inclining his way; she was not indeed attracted by him,..but by a young man, who unluckily that night was not reciprocally attracted by her.
1819 Varieties in Woman I. xxiii. 206 Harley loves me... Three days since I discovered his infinite superiority to Lord Lindor. I never [before] was so powerfully attracted to him.
1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xxvi. 308 He could say I love you.., meaning that..he was attracted to her, that he should be proud of her as his wife.
1901 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Inheritors xi. 112 She had been attracted by his air of greatness... Women are like that.
1978 W. Smith Hungry as Sea 268 She had never been attracted by smooth hairless men.
2012 Gay Times May 161/2 Sean Teale claims his character Nick in Skins is ‘not attracted to men’.
6.
a. transitive. To elicit (an action) as a response; to evoke (a reaction).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth
movea1398
drawa1400
provoke?a1425
askc1450
to draw out1525
to stir up1526
allure?1532
suscitate1532
to call out1539
to draw fortha1569
draw1581
attract1593
raise1598
force1602
fetch1622
milka1628
invite1650
summon1679
elicit1822
to work up?1833
educe1840
1593 M. Sutcliffe Pract., Proc., & Lawes of Armes iv. 41 Liberalitie..hath such efficacie to attract mens fauours.
1626 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Thanksgiuing 14 Such is mans selfe-loue, that no inward worth can so attract his praises, as outward beneficence.
1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 61 The Women are fondest of what they call Fetishing, setting themselves out to attract the good Graces of the Men.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 227 Private vices..have not dignity sufficient to attract the censure of the press.
1808 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 963/2 Сol. Taylor's bravery has attracted the praise of an enemy.
1851 Illustr. London News 8 Mar. 192/3 The schools excited the sympathy, and attracted the support, of the late Mrs. Beaufoy.
1893 New Jersey Scrap Bk. Women Writers 1 364 There were few girls..who did not think her fortunate in having attracted the attentions and regard of Ralph Weston.
1924 H. Welles in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 (1925) 250 His baggy readymade clothes attracted curious glances in the hotels which he patronized.
1931 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 274/1 Any change in the prevailing feminine type is practically certain to attract criticism (usually unfavorable).
1965 A. C. Richmond Another Sixty Years viii. 86 Any spontaneous remark or opinion immediately attracted ridicule from my elders.
2005 R. Horvath Legacy of Soviet Dissent i. 14 What attracted applause was his concluding call for ‘democracy on a socialist base’.
b. transitive. To elicit (a feeling) as a response; to cause a person to feel (an emotion).
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1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. li. sig. Dv Yet doth calamitie attract commorse.
1598 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Seuenth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood xv. sig. Aa2v His grace attracted the beholders affection.
1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 228 Her cheeke twixt rosie red and snowie white, Attracts an admiration with delight.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 152 Adornd She was indeed, and lovely to attract Thy Love. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Chamberlayne tr. S. von Pufendorf Hist. Popedom 140 There is nothing in the world that can more attract the most profound respect and veneration of men, than the Divine Majesty.
1711 tr. L. Bordelon Hist. Ridiculous Extravagancies Monsieur Oufle ii. ix. 250 When he heard the News of it, he infallibly concluded, that this Artificer made use of Magic, to attract her Love.
1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) II. ii. 137 Had the Inside of St. Paul's been adorned in as profuse and pompous a manner as St. Peter's, it would have attracted the Admiration of superficial Criticks.
1793 Idler 2 161 Domestic virtue..required the genius of Pope to display it in such a manner as might attract regard, and enforce reverence.
1820 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 127/1 Why should I desire to build a magnificent palace after a new model,..to attract the envy of the public?
1865 Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 490 As the child grew up his intelligence and beauty attracted the adoration of all that knew him.
1916 G. V. McFadden Honest Lawyer iii. xxii. 220 It was Ridley's quality, in the rare instances when he attracted liking or affection, to do so with a thoroughness denied to more popular men.
1960 J. Carmichael Illustr. Hist. Russia 214 Their prominence in the newly forming business world attracted the ire of the revolutionaries.
2011 R. K. Massie Catherine the Great lxiii. 449 The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.
c. transitive. To engage the attention of (the eyes, ears, etc.).
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)]
exercisea1538
entertainc1540
replenish1548
rouse1583
catcha1586
amuse1586
detainc1595
attract1599
grope1602
concerna1616
take1634
stay1639
engage1642
meet1645
nudge1675
strike1697
hitcha1764
seize1772
interest1780
acuminate1806
arrest1835
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intrigue1894
grab1966
work1969
1599 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Eighth Bk. Myrror of Knighthood xxiv. sig. Cc4 Lyrianas sight had attracted all eyes [Sp. se lleuaua tras si los ojos].
1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. H2 I acted yong Antinoüs; and attracted [printed a racted; 1616 attracted] The eyes, and eares of all the Ladies, present.
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob ii. 4 in Paraphr. Divine Poems His daily Orisons attract our Eares.
1692 J. Dryden Eleonora 11 A Wife..Made, to attract his Eyes, and keep his Heart.
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 175. ⁋2 A Jezebel..has a thousand little Tricks and Fooleries to attract the Eyes of all the idle young Fellows.
1832 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 11 The explosion of powder-mines and artillery-parks naturally attracts every eye and ear.
1908 Appleton's Mag. Aug. 188/1 I have seen proprietors sprinkle whisky on the sidewalk in front of the place to attract the noses of those wandering in search of a drink.
1943 Classical Weekly 13 Dec. 99/1 Figures of sound..are to attract the ear of the audience or to excite the attention through verbal resemblance, equality or contrast.
2001 A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 198 His eyes were attracted by the clothes and shoes surrounding his sister.
d. transitive. To begin to occupy or engage (attention, notice, etc.).
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1639 W. Lower Phaenix in her Flames iv. sig. I3v These pretty birds, whose musick's sweetest, Hath attracted most your kinde attention.
1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 18 How many little things do we see..by self-advertising, attract the attention of the day.
1802 B. Porteus Lect. Gospel St. Matt. I. ii. 50 A new star..attracted the notice of those illustrious strangers.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §2. 20 Our attention was attracted by a singular noise.
1901 J. P. Altgeld Oratory 43 New clothes or very poor clothes are apt to attract the consciousness of both speaker and audience.
1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xv. 482 The excited pitch of his voice soon attracted attention.
2002 Jrnl. Bibl. Lit. 121 224 The sacrifices offered at the beginning of the second procession are calculated to attract his [sc. the deity's] awareness.
7. transitive. Finance. To require the imposition of, incur (a specified financial obligation, rate of taxation, etc.).
ΚΠ
1840 W. Hayes Conveyancing (ed. 5) 503 The point, at which the instrument ceases to be a contract..and becomes a conveyance, attracting the ad valorem duty.
1902 J. Rankine et al. Scots Style Bk. I. 441 Should the deed convey any assets, the transfer of which attracts duty, such duty..will..have to be impressed.
1955 Hansard Commons 7 Mar. 45/1 All money..raised in this manner, attracts a rate of interest, which has to be paid.
1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside ii. v. 55 Eastern Dorset..is a land of estates large enough to attract substantial capital transfer tax bills.
2007 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 23/1 Chip oil used in vehicles attracts the same tax as sulphur-free diesel.
8. transitive. slang. To pilfer or steal. Now rare.Probably in origin a humorous use of sense 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)]
mitcha1393
pelfa1400
purloinc1475
prowl?1529
finger1530
pilfer1532
lurchc1565
filch1567
filch1574
proloyne1581
nim1606
hook1615
truff1718
snaffle1725
crib1735
pettifog1759
magg1762
niffle1785
cabbage1793
weed1811
nibble1819
cab1825
smouch1826
snuga1859
mooch1862
attract1891
souvenir1897
rat1906
snipe1909
promote1918
salvage1918
smooch1941
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed vii. 135 ‘Do they [sc. the students] still steal colours at lunch-time?’ ‘Not steal. Attract is the word... I'm good—I only attract ultramarine; but there are students who'd attract flake-white.’
1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune 24 He ‘attracted’ some timber and built a boat house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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