An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ATTRACT
attract
(verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; “the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies”
attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
(verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; “Her good looks attract the stares of many men”; “The ad pulled in many potential customers”; “This pianist pulls huge crowds”; “The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers”
attract, appeal
(verb) be attractive to; “The idea of a vacation appeals to me”; “The beautiful garden attracted many people”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
attract (third-person singular simple present attracts, present participle attracting, simple past and past participle attracted)
To pull toward without touching.
To arouse interest.
To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
Synonyms
• allure
Antonyms
• repel
Source: Wiktionary
At*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attracting.] Etym: [L. attractus, p. p. of attrahere; ad + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t.]
1. 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. All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another. Derham.
2. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers. Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton.
Syn.
– To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence.
At*tract", n.
Definition: Attraction. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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