Attach

·vt To take, seize, or lay hold of.

II. Attach ·noun An Attachment.

III. Attach ·vi To Adhere; to be attached.

IV. Attach ·vi To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to Vest; as, dower will attach.

V. Attach ·vt 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.

VI. Attach ·vt To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to Affix;

— with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.

VII. Attach ·vt 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.

VIII. Attach ·vt 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.

IX. Attach ·vt 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.