ATTRACTED

Verb

attracted

simple past tense and past participle of attract

Adjective

attracted (comparative more attracted, superlative most attracted)

drawn towards

Source: Wiktionary


ATTRACT

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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