| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section IV. Motion | | 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
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| 288. [Motion Towards, Actively.] Attraction. |
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| NOUN: | ATTRACTION, attractiveness; attractivity; pull, drawing to, pulling towards, attrahent, adduction, magnetism, gravity, attraction of gravitation.
LOADSTONE or lodestone, lodestar or loadstar, polestar, lode [archaic]; magnet, magnetite, siderite.
LURE, bait, charm, decoy.
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| VERB: | ATTRACT, adduct; draw -, pull -, drag- towards; pull, draw, magnetize, bait, trap, decoy, charm; adduce.
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| ADJECTIVE: | ATTRACTING &c. v.; attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Ubi mel ibi apes.—Plautus
- The cynosure of neighboring eyes.—Milton
- And Beauty draws us by a single hair.—Pope
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