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attach
\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.
2. to come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. ooley.
attach
\at*tach"\, n. an attachment. [obs.]
attach
\at*tach"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. attached (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. attaching.] [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. a huge stone to which the cable was attached.
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.
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.]
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.
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