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Webster 1913 Edition
Attach
At-tach′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Attached
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Attaching
.] 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 likeThe 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 ship3.
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 circumstanceTop 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′
,Verb.
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′
,Noun.
An attachment.
[Obs.]
Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Attach
ATTACH'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take by legal authority; to arrest the person by writ, to answer for a debt; applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being never used for the arrest of a criminal. It is applied also to the taking of goods and real estate by an officer, by virtue of a writ or precept, to hold the same to satisfy a judgment to be rendered in the suit.2.
To take, seize and lay hold on, by moral force, as by affection or interest; to win the heart; to fasten or bind by moral influence; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery.3.
To make to adhere; to tie, bind or fasten; as, to attach substances by any glutinous matter; to attach one thing to another by a string.