Definition of attach

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at·tach    (-tch) KEY 

VERB:
at·tached, at·tach·ing, at·tach·es
VERB:
tr.

1. To fasten, secure, or join: attached the wires to the post.
2. To connect as an adjunct or associated condition or part: Many major issues are attached to this legislation.
3. To affix or append; add: attached several riders to the document.
4. To ascribe or assign: attached no significance to the threat.
5. To bind by emotional ties, as of affection or loyalty: I am attached to my family.
6. To assign (personnel) to a military unit on a temporary basis.
7. Law To seize (persons or property) by legal writ.

VERB:
intr.

To adhere, belong, or relate: Very little prestige attaches to this position.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English attachen, from Old French attachier, alteration of estachier, from estache, stake, of Germanic origin

OTHER FORMS:
at·tacha·ble(Adjective), at·tacher(Noun)