Sentence:  As for Dudley Venner, no beauty in all the world could have so soothed and <WSD>magnetized</WSD> him as the very repose and subdued gentleness which the Widow had thought would make the best possible background for her own more salient and effective attractions. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To attract, allure or entice; to captivate or entrance.