attach

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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. 2transitive verb

   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. 3transitive verb

   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. 4transitive verb

   To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.

5. 5transitive verb

   To take, seize, or lay hold of.

6. 6transitive verb

   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.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To adhere; to be attached.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.

9. 9noun

   An attachment.

10. 10verb

    be attached; be in contact with

11. 11verb

    become attached

    "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"

12. 12verb

    cause to be attached

13. 13verb

    take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

    "The FBI seized the drugs"

    "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"

    Synonyms

    confiscateimpoundseizesequester
14. 14verb

    create social or emotional ties

    "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

    Synonyms

    bindbondtie