ATTRACT Copy link • ATTRACTPROP. attrahere: ad or in se trahere: ad se allicere et trahere. The magnet attracts iron, magnes lapis attrahit, or ad se allicit et trahit ferrum: to attract moisture, humorem trahere or recipere. ImPROP. ad se trahere or at trahere: allicere: ad se allicere or illicere (allure). To attract hearers by novelty, audientium animos novitate tenere: to attract by arts of allurement, illecebris ad se trahere: to attract new or fresh pupils, discipulos novos attrahere (Ov.).