ATTACH

attach

(verb) be attached; be in contact with

attach

(verb) become attached; “The spider’s thread attached to the window sill”

attach

(verb) cause to be attached

impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize

(verb) 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”

bind, tie, attach, bond

(verb) create social or emotional ties; “The grandparents want to bond with the child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

attach (third-person singular simple present attaches, present participle attaching, simple past and past participle attached)

(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

Synonyms: connect, annex, affix, unite, Thesaurus:join

Antonyms: detach, unfasten, disengage, separate, Thesaurus:disconnect

(intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.

Synonyms: cling, stick, Thesaurus:adhere

To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

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.

To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

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

(obsolete, legal) To arrest, seize.

Anagrams

• chatta

Source: Wiktionary

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At*tach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb. n. Attaching.] Etym: [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.

Definition: An attachment. [Obs.] Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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