Definitions for attach
əˈtætʃat·tach

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. attachverb

   cause to be attached

2. attachverb

   be attached; be in contact with

3. attachverb

   become attached

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

4. bind, tie, attach, bondverb

   create social or emotional ties

   "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

5. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seizeverb

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. attachverb

   To arrest, seize.

2. attachverb

   To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

   You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.

3. Etymology: From atachier (French: attacher, Italian: attaccare, Spanish: atacar, Portuguese atacar).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To ATTACHverb

   1.To arrest; to take or apprehend by commandment or writ. John Cowell

   Etymology: attacher, Fr.

   Eftsoons the guard, which on his state did wait,
   Attach’d that traitor false, and bound him strait. Fairy Q.

   The Tower was chosen, that if Clifford should accuse great ones, they might, without suspicion or noise, be presently attached. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   Bohemia greets you,
   Desires you to attach his son, who has
   His dignity and duty both cast off. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   2. Sometimes with the particle of, but not in present use.

   You, lord archbishop, and you, lord Mowbray,
   Of capital treason I attach you both. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   3. To seize.

   France hath flaw’d the league, and hath attach’d
   Our merchants goods at Bourdeaux. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   4. To lay hold on.

   I cannot blame thee,
   Who am myself attach’d with weariness,
   To th’ dulling of my spirits. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   5. To win; to gain over; to enamour.

   Songs, garlands, flow’rs,
   And charming symphonies, attach’d the heart
   Of Adam. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   6. To fix to one’s interest.

   The great and rich depend on those whom their power or their wealth attaches to them. John Rogers.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Attachverb

   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. Attachverb

   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. Attachverb

   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. Attachverb

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

5. Attachverb

   to take, seize, or lay hold of

6. Attachverb

   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. Attachverb

   to adhere; to be attached

8. Attachverb

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

9. Attachnoun

   an attachment

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Attach

   at-tach′, v.t. to bind or fasten: to seize: to gain over: to connect, associate: to join to in action or function: (Shak.) to arrest.—v.i. to adhere, to be fastened upon: (rare) to come into effect.—adj. Attach′able.—p.adj. Attached′, fastened, fixed, joined by taste or affection (with to), fond, devoted to.—n. Attach′ment, a bond of fidelity or affection: the seizure of any one's goods or person by virtue of a legal process. [O. Fr. atachier, from à (—L. ad), and the root of Tack (q.v.).]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. attach

   1. The placement of units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary. 2. The detailing of individuals to specific functions where such functions are secondary or relatively temporary, e.g., attached for quarters and rations; attached for flying duty. See also assign.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. attach

   To place, to appoint. Officers and non-commissioned officers are said to be attached to the respective army, regiment, battalion, troop, or company with which they are appointed to act.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. attach

   To connect.

   They did always attach their documents to their emails and meeting invites, they are so efficient.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Connect
   • Join
   • Take
   • Touch

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'attach' in Verbs Frequency: #409

How to pronounce attach?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attach in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of attach in a Sentence

1. Fabian Zakharov:

   He needs them to attach the pistons. They’re a really specific size but I can get them.

2. Jay Ritter:

   Name recognition helps open doors, it's the same reason that Nike hires athletes to attach their name to stuff. It doesn't necessarily make the clothes any better but some consumers view it as certification.

3. Justice Department spokesman Devin O'Malley:

   Justice Department continues to maintain that we exercised our authority, given by Congress, to attach conditions -- designed to keep Americans safe -- to public safety grants, and we will continue to fight to carry out the Department's commitment to the rule of law, protecting public safety, and keeping criminal aliens off the streets.

4. Imam Ali-Ibn-Abi-Talib, Nahjul-Balgha (Peak of Eloquence), saying no1:

   1. During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.

5. State John Kerry:

   There's something different about what happened from Charlie Hebdo, and I think everybody would feel that. There was a sort of particularized focus and perhaps even a legitimacy in terms of -- not a legitimacy, but a rationale that you could attach yourself to somehow and say, 'OK, they're really angry because of this and that,'.

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