Attach(n.) An attachment.
Attach(v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.
Attach(v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
Attach(v. t.) 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.
Attach(v. t.) 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.
Attach(v. t.) 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.
Attach(v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
Attach(v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
Attach(v. t.) 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.
Attachable(a.) Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
Attache(v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
Attached(imp. & p. p.) of Attach
Attaching(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attach
Attachment(n.) The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.
Attachment(n.) That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
Attachment(n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
Attachment(n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.
Attachment(n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
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