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Definition 1
Excite the interest, curiosity of (particular person, persons, institutions, etc.).
Source: Invertext
Context: Bruce Willis is at the top of his game as a security guard whose mystical invulnerability attracts the attention of the vulnerable, brittle-boned Samuel L. Jackson.
Source: Financial Times 14/09/2006 (Notice by Karl French of the TV showing of the M. Night Shyamalan film 'Unbreakable')