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attract verb [ əˈtrakt ]

• cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.
• "a campaign to attract more visitors to Shetland"
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin attract- ‘drawn near’, from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’.


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