attract

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force: Magnetic poles are attracted to their opposites.
2. v. To arouse or compel the interest, admiration, or attention of: We were attracted by the display of lights.
3. v. To possess or use the power of attraction.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To draw in, to, or toward by direct mechanical agency or action of any kind.
2. To draw to or toward (itself) by inherent physical force; cause to gravitate toward or cohere with.
3. To draw by other than physical influence; invite or allure; win: as, to attract attention; to attract admirers.
4. Synonyms To entice, fascinate, charm.
5. To possess or exert the power of attraction: as, it is a property of matter to attract.
6. Figuratively, to be attractive or winning: as, his manners are calculated to attract.
7. n. Attraction; in plural, attractive qualities; charms.

Wiktionary

1. v. To pull toward without touching
2. v. To arouse interest
3. v. To make someone feel sexually excited

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. 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.
2. v. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
3. n. obsolete Attraction.

WordNet 3.0

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