Attach

[ə'tætʃ]

Definition

(verb.) be attached; be in contact with.

(verb.) become attached; 'The spider's thread attached to the window sill'.

(verb.) cause to be attached.

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Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.

(v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.

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

(n.) An attachment.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Fasten, tie, join, connect, cement, affix, fix, append, subjoin, annex, hitch, make fast, set to.[2]. Attract, captivate, enamour, endear, charm, win, engage, gain over.[3]. (Law.) Take, seize, distrain, distress.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fasten, apply, append, add, fix, subjoin, annex, unite, conciliate, tie,connect, conjoin, attract, win, bind

ANT:Unfasten, Ioose, disunite, untie, disconnect, detach, alienate, estrange,repel

Edited by Daisy

Definition

n. a young diplomatist attached to the suite of an ambassador.

v.t. to bind or fasten: to seize: to gain over: to connect associate: to join to in action or function: (Shak.) to arrest.—v.i. to adhere to be fastened upon: (rare) to come into effect.—adj. Attach′able.—p.adj. Attached′ fastened fixed joined by taste or affection (with to) fond devoted to.—n. Attach′ment a bond of fidelity or affection: the seizure of any one's goods or person by virtue of a legal process.

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Examples

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