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Attracting

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.

Attracting

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

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attracting

vb. (present participle of attract English)

Usage examples of "attracting".

For example, love magick could, if you wish to bring love into your life, be focused on increasing the love in the world, thereby attracting love in its many forms, and not just romance.

In Chapter 13, Seasons and Festivals, I describe the major solar, lunar and agricultural festivals that formed a focus for attracting abundance and increase to the land, animals, crops and people, tapping into the life force that connected them all.

She may be old, young, wise or challenging, according to the qualities you are attracting to meet your as yet, perhaps, unformulated needs.

The sachet would act as amulet of protection, but because it was empowered it would also be a talisman, attracting health, abundance or love, according to its composition.

The easiest way of attracting all the good things you want not only for yourself but also for those you love and for those in need, is to burn oils and to release the appropriate fragrances and let them work in their own way.

You can use this ritual for attracting love, for deepening a relationship, consummating it or strengthening it during a difficult period, perhaps when everything appears to have got into a rut.

A pledge of fidelity is actually a very potent way of attracting a new lover - perhaps someone who works close to you whom you have not thought of in a romantic way.

A few practitioners will rub from base to top for attracting magick and from top to bottom for banishing magick.

The direction used in creating a circle, in all forms of attracting magic and for giving healing energies.

He frowned and then, seeing they were attracting at tention, pulled her out of the walkway and into the angle of the building.

Engineer Barchenka, and if you would accept the necessary safeguards, you might be more successful in attracting Talent!

When she could do so without attracting attention, she rose and went to her room.

Trag began, his anxious frown attracting the Elder's instant attention.

The other problem is that the Guild is not attracting enough new recruits to make up for those losses - She felt both anger at him and a stirring of terror.

I knew that my sisters stood no chance of attracting Alessan, but with so many gathering, perhaps some other family might meet my father's requirements for his daughters, and they'd make suitable matches.