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Attach
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) An attachment.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
(7):
(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.
(8):
(v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.
(9):
(v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Attach'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/attach.html. 1828.
