attach Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb cause to be attached
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verb be attached; be in contact with
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verb become attached
- The spider's thread attached to the window sill
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verb create social or emotional ties
bind; bond; tie.
- The grandparents want to bond with the child
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verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
sequester; seize; confiscate; impound.
- The FBI seized the drugs
- The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
- The police confiscated the stolen artwork
WordNet
At*tach" transitive verb
Etymology
OF.Wordforms
Definitions
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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 likeThe shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. Paley.
A huge stone to which the cable was attached. Macaulay.
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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 -
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.
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To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to .attach great importance to a particular circumstanceTop this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.
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To take, seize, or lay hold of. Obs. Shak. -
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. SeeAttachment ,4 .The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge.
Syn. -- To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
At*tach" intransitive verb
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To adhere; to be attached. The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. Brougham.
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To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; Cooley.as, dower will .attach
At*tach" noun
Definitions
An attachment. Obs. Pope.