Attach

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: at=tach

CIDE DICTIONARY

Attach, v. t. [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.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles."  [1913 Webster]

  "A huge stone to which the cable was attached."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Incapable of attaching a sensible man."  [1913 Webster]

  "God . . . by various ties attaches man to man."  [1913 Webster]
•  To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.  [1913 Webster]

  "Top this treasure a curse is attached."  [1913 Webster]
•  To take, seize, or lay hold of.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason."  [1913 Webster]

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.

Attach, v. i. 

•  To adhere; to be attached.  [1913 Webster]

  "The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted."  [1913 Webster]
•  To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.  Cooley.  [1913 Webster]

Attach, n. 

 An attachment.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Attach, v.
1 tr. fasten, affix, join.
2 tr. (in passive; foll. by to) be very fond of or devoted to (am deeply attached to her).
3 tr. attribute, assign (some function, quality, or characteristic) (can you attach a name to it?; attaches great importance to it).
4 a tr. accompany; form part of (no conditions are attached). b intr. (foll. by to) be an attribute or characteristic (great prestige attaches to the job).
5 refl. (usu. foll. by to) take part in; join (attached themselves to the expedition).
6 tr. appoint for special or temporary duties.
7 tr. Law seize (a person or property) by legal authority.

Derivative

attachable adj. attacher n.

Etymology

ME f. OF estachier fasten f. Gmc: in Law sense thr. OF atachier

THESAURUS

Attach

add, adhere, adjoin, affiliate, affix, agglutinate, anchor, annex, append, apply, appropriate, ascribe, assign, associate, attract, attribute, belay, bend, bind, bond, braze, burden, cement, cinch, clamp, cleave, clinch, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, complicate, confiscate, conjoin, connect, cramp, decorate, distrain, encumber, endear, engraft, enlist, expropriate, fasten, fix, garnish, give, glue, glue on, graft, grapple, hitch on, impound, impress, impute, infix, join, join with, knit, lay hold of, levy, make fast, moor, nationalize, ornament, paste on, pin, place, plus, postfix, prefix, press, put, put to, put with, refer, replevin, replevy, rivet, saddle with, screw up, second, secure, seize, sequester, sequestrate, set, set to, slap on, socialize, solder, stick, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tie, tighten, trice up, trim, unite, unite with, weld

ROGET THESAURUS

Attach

Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

Lawsuit

VB go to law, appeal to the law, bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar, put on trial, pull up, accuse, prefer a claim, file a claim, take the law of, inform against, serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit, arrest, summon, summons, give in charge, empanel a jury, implead, join issue, close the pleadings, set down for hearing, try, hear a cause, sit in judgment, adjudicate.

Love

VB love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with, affection, be in love with, have a love, for, entertain a love, for, harbor cherish a love, for, regard, revere, take to, bear love to, be wedded to, set one's affections on, make much of, feast one's eyes on, hold dear, prize, hug, cling to, cherish, pet, burn, adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument, dote on, dote upon, take a fancy to, look sweet upon, become enamored, fall in love with, lose one's heart, desire, excite love, win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections, take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart, attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head, get into favor, ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself, propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable, set one's cap at, flirt.