Attach

verb

/əˈtætʃ/

Word Frequency: 6.2

Definitions

1.verbTo fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

"An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship."

2.verbTo adhere; to be attached.

3.verbTo come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

"Dower will attach."

4.verbTo win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.

"attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery"

5.verbTo connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

"to attach great importance to a particular circumstance"

6.verbTo take, seize, or lay hold of.

7.verbTo arrest, seize.