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Attach

Attach Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Attach? [v] be attached; be in contact with [v] become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" [v] cause to be attached [v] take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [v] create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Attach: bind \| bond \| confiscate \| impound \| seize \| sequester \| tie Related Terms \| Find terms related to Attach: add \| adhere \| adjoin \| affiliate \| affix \| agglutinate \| anchor \| annex \| append \| apply \| appropriate \| ascribe \| assign \| associate \| attract \| attribute \| belay \| bend \| bind \| bond \| braze \| burden \| cement \| cinch \| clamp \| cleave \| clinch \| collectivize \| commandeer \| communalize \| communize \| complicate \| confiscate \| conjoin \| connect \| cramp \| decorate \| distrain \| encumber \| endear \| engraft \| enlist \| expropriate \| fasten \| fix \| garnish \| give \| glue \| glue on \| graft \| grapple \| hitch on \| impound \| impress \| impute \| infix \| join \| join with \| knit \| lay hold of \| levy \| make fast \| moor \| nationalize \| ornament \| paste on \| pin \| place \| plus \| postfix \| prefix \| press \| put \| put to \| put with \| refer \| replevin \| replevy \| rivet \| saddle with \| screw up \| second \| secure \| seize \| sequester \| sequestrate \| set \| set to \| slap on \| socialize \| solder \| stick \| subjoin \| suffix \| superadd \| superpose \| tack on \| tag \| tag on \| tie \| tighten \| trice up \| trim \| unite \| unite with \| weld See Also \| accompany \| add on \| adhere \| adjoin \| affix \| agglutinate \| append \| attach \| attach to \| befriend \| bell \| bind \| bond \| catch \| clip \| come with \| conjoin \| connect \| contact \| couple \| couple on \| couple up \| distrain \| enter \| fasten \| fix \| fixate \| fixate \| garnishee \| glue \| go with \| hang on \| harness \| hinge \| hitch \| hold fast \| hook up \| implant \| infix \| inhere in \| insert \| introduce \| join \| label \| leech onto \| limber \| limber up \| link \| link up \| mark \| meet \| mount \| nail \| paste \| peg \| peg down \| pin \| pin down \| pin up \| relate \| ring \| saddle \| secure \| spat \| stick \| stick on \| stick to \| supplement \| tack \| tack on \| tag \| tag on \| take \| tape \| tether \| tie \| touch \| yoke Attach In Webster's Dictionary \Attach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.] 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. --Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. --Macaulay. 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. --Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. --Cowper. 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. --Bayard Taylor. 5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak. 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. --Miss Yonge. {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it. Syn: 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. --Brougham. 2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. --Cooley. \At*tach"\, n. An attachment. [Obs.] --Pope.

Attach Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Attach?

[v] be attached; be in contact with
[v] become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
[v] cause to be attached
[v] take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
[v] create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

Attach In Webster's Dictionary

\At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.]
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.                              --Paley.

         A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                               --Macaulay.

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. --Miss
                                               Austen.

         God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                               --Cowper.

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. --Bayard
                                               Taylor.

5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.

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.                          --Miss Yonge.

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

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


\At*tach"\, v. i.
1. To adhere; to be attached.

         The great interest which attaches to the mere
         knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.
                                               --Brougham.

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


\At*tach"\, n.
An attachment. [Obs.] --Pope.

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