attach

v. fasten; annex; add; foreclose; ascribe to -

Verb
1. cause to be attached
(antonym) detach
(hypernym) connect, link, tie, link up
(hyponym) fixate, fix
(derivation) attachment, affixation
2. be attached; be in contact with
(hypernym) touch, adjoin, meet, contact
(hyponym) leech onto
(see-also) inhere in, attach to
(derivation) attachment, bond
3. become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
(antonym) detach, come off, come away
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(hyponym) agglutinate
(see-also) attach to, accompany, come with, go with
(derivation) attachment, bond
4. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
(synonym) bind, tie, bond
(hypernym) relate
(hyponym) fixate
(derivation) attachment, fond regard
5. 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"
(synonym) impound, sequester, confiscate, seize
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) garnishee, garnish
(verb-group) sequester
(derivation) attachment

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

(v. i.)
To adhere; to be attached.
  

(n.)
An attachment.
  

verb
to fix, fasten; the stomach is attached to the other organs by the greater and lesser omenta

To place units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary. Subject to limitations imposed in the attachment order, the commander of the formation, unit, or organization receiving the attachment will exercise the same degree of command and control thereover as he does over the units and persons organic to his command. However, the responsibility for transfer and promotion of personnel will normally be retained by the parent formation, unit, or organization. 2. To detail individuals to specific functions where such functions are secondary or relatively temporary, i.e., attach for quarters and rations, attach for flying duty. See also assign. 1/3/81

1. Rattachement, à titre temporaire, d'unités ou de personnel à d'autres unités. Sous la réserve des restrictions prescrites par l'ordre prononçant le détachement, le commandant de la formation, de l'unité ou de l'organisme auquel l'unité ou le personnel est détaché, exerce sur l'unité ou le personnel détaché la même autorité que celle qu'il exerce sur les unités ou le personnel organiques placés sous son commandement. Toutefois la mutation et la promotion du personnel détaché appartiendront normalement à la formation, l'unité ou l'organisme qui l'a détaché. 2. Détachement de personnel se rapportant à des fonctions spécifiques, qui sont secondaires ou relativement temporaires. Tel que: détachement à une unité pour le logement et les vivres; détachement pour service aérien. 2. Voir aussi affecter. Aussi appelé "mise aux ordres". 1/3/81

Voir détachement pour mise aux ordres. 1/3/81