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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATTRACT'ING, ppr. Drawing to or towards; inviting; alluring; engaging.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Attract At*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attracting.] [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Attracting At*tract"ing, a. That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv.