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verb

Attach v. t. (past & past part. attached; pres. part. attaching)

1.

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. "The shoulder blade is... attached only to the muscles." "A huge stone to which the cable was attached."

2.

To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.

3.

To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. "Incapable of attaching a sensible man." "God... by various ties attaches man to man."

4.

To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. "Top this treasure a curse is attached."

5.

To take, seize, or lay hold of. (Obs.)

6.

To take by legal authority:

(a)

To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.

(b)

To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. "The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason."

Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.

Synonyms: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.

Attach v. i.

1.

To adhere; to be attached. "The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted."

2.

To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.

noun

Attach n. An attachment. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Attach'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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