Attaching

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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