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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
attach
    v 1: cause to be attached [ant: detach]
    2: be attached; be in contact with
    3: become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window
       sill" [ant: come away, come off, detach]
    4: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
       bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
    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" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
       confiscate, seize]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Attach \At*tach"\, n.
   An attachment. [Obs.] --Pope.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
            muscles.                              --Paley.
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            A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   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.
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   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.
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            Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
                                                  Austen.
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            God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                                  --Cowper.
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   4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
      attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
      importance to a particular circumstance.
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            Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
                                                  Taylor.
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   5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   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.
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                The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
                treason.                          --Miss Yonge.
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   Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
      that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
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   Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
        annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Attach \At*tach"\, v. i.
   1. To adhere; to be attached.
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            The great interest which attaches to the mere
            knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.
                                                  --Brougham.
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   2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything;
      to vest; as, dower will attach. --Cooley.
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Thesaurus Results for Attach:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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