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at·tached       [uh-tacht] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.joined; connected; bound.
2.having a wall in common with another building (opposed to detached): an attached house.
3.Zoology. permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.
[Origin: 1545–55; attach + -ed2]
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at·tach       (ə-tāch')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   at·tached, at·tach·ing, at·tach·es

v.   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.

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


[Middle English attachen, from Old French attachier, alteration of estachier, from estache, stake, of Germanic origin.]

at·tach'a·ble adj., at·tach'er n.
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at·tached       (ə-tācht')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Architecture Joined to or by a wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding: a block of attached houses.
  2. Biology Living in a permanently fixed state in the adult stage, as the barnacle.

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attached

adjective
1. being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities" [syn: affiliated] 
2. used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses" [ant: detached] 
3. associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [ant: unattached] 
4. fond and affectionate; "she was very attached to her father" 

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