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attraction
(Physics) The mutual action by which bodies or particles of matter tend to draw together or cohere
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  1. (Physics) The mutual action by which bodies or particles of matter tend to draw together or cohere
  2. The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.
  3. Power to attract; charm or fascination
charm
An action or formula thought to have magical power.
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  1. An action or formula thought to have magical power.
  2. An item worn for its supposed magical benefit, as in warding off evil; an amulet.
  3. Any trinket worn as a decoration on a bracelet, necklace, watch chain, etc.
lure
Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward:
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  1. Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward:
  2. A device consisting of a bunch of feathers on the end of a long cord, often baited with food: it is used in falconry to recall the hawk
  3. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
fascination
The capability of eliciting intense interest or of being very attractive.
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  1. The capability of eliciting intense interest or of being very attractive.
  2. A fascinating or being fascinated
  3. Strong attraction; charm; allure
attract
To possess or use the power of attraction.
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  1. To possess or use the power of attraction.
  2. To arouse or compel the interest, admiration, or attention of:
  3. To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force:
entice
To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act.
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  1. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act.
  2. To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire:
  3. To attract by offering hope of reward or pleasure; tempt; allure
intrigue
To effect or cause to be accepted or rejected by secret scheming or plotting:
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  1. To effect or cause to be accepted or rejected by secret scheming or plotting:
  2. To carry on a secret love affair
  3. To bring on, or get, by secret or underhanded plotting
lure
To recall (a falcon) with a lure
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  1. To recall (a falcon) with a lure
  2. To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation:
  3. To attract, tempt, or entice
appeal
To be attractive, interesting, etc.; arouse a favorable response
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  1. To be attractive, interesting, etc.; arouse a favorable response
  2. To make an urgent request (to a person for help, sympathy, etc.)
  3. To resort or turn (to) for decision, justification, etc.
attract
To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force:
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  1. To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force:
  2. To possess or use the power of attraction.
  3. To get the admiration, attention, etc. of; allure
draw
To provoke (a person) into speaking, responding, taking action, etc.
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  1. To provoke (a person) into speaking, responding, taking action, etc.
  2. To select or take in from a given group, type, or region:
  3. To pull out; take out; remove; extract, as a tooth, cork, weapon, etc.
entice
To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act.
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  1. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act.
  2. To attract by offering hope of reward or pleasure; tempt; allure
  3. To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire:
lure
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
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  1. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  2. To recall (a falcon) with a lure
  3. To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation:
magnetize
To attract or charm (a person), often in an almost hypnotic way
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  1. To attract or charm (a person), often in an almost hypnotic way
  2. To become magnetic
  3. To cause an object to become temporarily or permanently magnetic. For example, an unmagnetized object made of ferromagnetic material consists of molecules that are magnetic but randomly aligned, producing no net magnetic field; exposure to a magnetic field causes the molecules to align themselves with the field, producing their own net field, so that the object as a whole becomes magnetized.
take
To start growing; root or germinate:
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  1. To start growing; root or germinate:
  2. To carry in one's possession:
  3. To convey by transportation:
pull
(Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use:
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  1. (Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use:
  2. (Informal) To take (a gun, knife, etc.) from concealment, as to threaten someone
  3. To take a deep draft of a drink or puff at a cigarette, etc.
entice
To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act.
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  1. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act. To invite someone to commit a wrongful or illegal act.
  2. To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire:
  3. To attract by offering hope of reward or pleasure; tempt; allure
inveigle
To obtain by cajolery:
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  1. To obtain by cajolery:
  2. To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk:
  3. To lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something, going somewhere, etc.
lure
To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation:
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  1. To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation:
  2. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  3. To recall (a falcon) with a lure
seduce
To persuade to do something disloyal, disobedient, etc.
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  1. To persuade to do something disloyal, disobedient, etc.
  2. To attract or lead (someone) away from proper behavior or thinking:
  3. To entice
tempt
To try to persuade; induce or entice, esp. to something immoral or sensually pleasurable
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  1. To try to persuade; induce or entice, esp. to something immoral or sensually pleasurable
  2. To rouse desire in; be inviting to; attract
  3. To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
appeal
The process to seek and obtain a review and reversal of an administrative decision by a court or by a higher authority within the administrative agency. See also certiorari, notice of appeal, trial (trial de novo), and writ of error.
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  1. The process to seek and obtain a review and reversal of an administrative decision by a court or by a higher authority within the administrative agency. See also certiorari, notice of appeal, trial (trial de novo), and writ of error.
  2. A resort to a higher authority or greater power, as for sanction, corroboration, or a decision:
  3. A call upon some authority or person for a decision, opinion, etc.
attraction
The act of attracting or condition of being attracted
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  1. The act of attracting or condition of being attracted
  2. The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.
  3. (Physics) The mutual action by which bodies or particles of matter tend to draw together or cohere
attractiveness
(Uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
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  1. (Uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
  2. (Countable) The result of being attractive.
call
A sound or an instrument made to imitate such a cry, used as a lure:
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  1. A sound or an instrument made to imitate such a cry, used as a lure:
  2. Need or occasion:
  3. The strong attraction or appeal of a given activity or environment:
charisma
A special quality of leadership that captures the popular imagination and inspires allegiance and devotion
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  1. A special quality of leadership that captures the popular imagination and inspires allegiance and devotion
  2. A special charm or allure that inspires fascination or devotion
  3. The ability to influence without the use of logic.
charm
A chanted word, phrase, or verse assumed to have magic power to help or hurt; incantation
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  1. A chanted word, phrase, or verse assumed to have magic power to help or hurt; incantation
  2. (Particle Physics) An individuating property of quarks and other elementary particles: it is expressed as a quantum number, with +1 used of a particle that has charm (charmed particle) and 0 used of one that does not
  3. An item worn for its supposed magical benefit, as in warding off evil; an amulet.
draw
A special advantage; an edge:
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  1. A special advantage; an edge:
  2. One that attracts interest, customers, or spectators:
  3. (--- Games) A draw shot.
enchantment
Something that charms or delights greatly
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  1. Something that charms or delights greatly
  2. The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.
  3. A magic spell or charm
enticement
The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
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  1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
  2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
fascination
An intensely interesting, attractive quality or trait.
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  1. An intensely interesting, attractive quality or trait.
  2. Strong attraction; charm; allure
  3. The state of being intensely interested or attracted:
glamour
(Archaic) A magic spell or charm
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  1. (Archaic) A magic spell or charm
  2. Elegance, luxury, high fashion, etc. or their aura around a person, situation, etc.
  3. Exciting or mysterious attractiveness usually associated with striking physical beauty, luxury, or celebrity.
lure
Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward:
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  1. Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward:
  2. A device consisting of a bunch of feathers on the end of a long cord, often baited with food: it is used in falconry to recall the hawk
  3. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
magnetism
The force produced by a magnetic field.
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  1. The force produced by a magnetic field.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  3. Power to attract; personal charm or allure
witchery
Witchcraft; sorcery
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  1. Witchcraft; sorcery
  2. Allure
  3. Bewitching charm; fascination
pull
Force exerted in pulling or required to overcome resistance in pulling:
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  1. Force exerted in pulling or required to overcome resistance in pulling:
  2. Drawing power; appeal
  3. (Slang) A means of gaining special advantage; influence:
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  • My Betsy is fine looking woman, beautiful in my mind and in the eyes of most, but even I have to admit she lacks the room-stopping allure of Martha LeBlanc.

  • Signs were hung out on all sides to allure him; some to catch him by the appetite, as the tavern and victualling cellar; some by the fancy, as the dry goods store and the jeweller's; and others by the hair or the feet or the skirts, as the barber, the shoemaker, or the tailor.

  • She was a bride of only seventeen and was related to the royal house; yet, as his Catholic biographer put it, "by sorcery and witchcraft he did so allure that poor gentlewoman that she could not live without him."

  • He takes no heed of his rider, pays no attention whether he be on his back or not, walks straight on when once set agoing, merely because he is too stupid to turn aside, and then should some tempting thorn or green branch allure him out of the path, continues to walk on in the new direction simply because he is too dull to turn back into the right road.

  • To allure and attract them to visit the flower the odoriferous secretions and gay colours are developed, and the position and complicated structure of the parts of the flower are adapted to the perfect performance of the process, It is comparatively rare in hermaphrodite flowers for self-fertilization to occur, and the various forms of dichogamy, dimorphism and trimorphism are fitted to prevent this.

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