01 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.
imp. & p. p.
Attached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Attaching
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5.
To take, seize, or lay hold of.[Obs.]
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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. See: Attachment“The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason.” — Miss Yonge.
Phrases & compounds
Attached column —
a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.