Attach
Definition of Attach
At`tach´ | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; - with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. | | 5. | To take, seize, or lay hold of. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To adhere; to be attached. | | 2. | To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. | | n. | 1. | An attachment. |
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