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attract
English
Etymology
From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?ækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Verb
attract (third-person singular simple present attracts, present participle attracting, simple past and past participle attracted)
- To pull toward without touching.
- 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology
- All bodies, and all the parts of bodies, mutually attract themselves, and one another.
- 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology
- To arouse interest.
- To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
Synonyms
- allure
Antonyms
- repel
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- attract in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- attract in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- attract at OneLook Dictionary Search
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rivet
English
Etymology
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.
The sense "kind of footman's armour" is a back-formation from almain-rivet which in turn is derived from the English noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v?t/
- Rhymes: -?v?t
Noun
rivet (plural rivets)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour.
Derived terms
- rivet counter
- pop rivet
Translations
Verb
rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)
- (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
- (transitive) To install rivets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.
- Terror riveted him to the spot.
Translations
See also
- riveters
- riveting
- riveter
- rivets
- riveted
Further reading
- rivet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Vitré, tiver
French
Etymology
From Latin ripa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i.v?/
Noun
rivet m (plural rivets)
- rivet (mechanical fastener)
Further reading
- “rivet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
r?vet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of r?v?
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