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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
