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attached - 4 dictionary results

at⋅tached

  [uh-tacht]
Use attached in a Sentence
–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 + -ed 2

at⋅tach

  [uh-tach]
–verb (used with object)
1. to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
2. to join in action or function; make part of: to attach oneself to a group.
3. Military. to place on temporary duty with or in assistance to a military unit.
4. to include as a quality or condition of something: One proviso is attached to this legacy.
5. to assign or attribute: to attach significance to a gesture.
6. to bind by ties of affection or regard: You always attach yourself to people who end up hurting you.
7. Law. to take (persons or property) by legal authority.
8. Obsolete. to lay hold of; seize.
–verb (used without object)
9. to adhere; pertain; belong (usually fol. by to or upon): No blame attaches to him.
Origin:
1300–50; ME atachen < AF atacher to seize, OF atachier to fasten, alter. of estachier to fasten with or to a stake, equiv. to estach(e) (< Gmc *stakka stake ) + -ier inf. suffix

Related forms:
at⋅tach⋅a⋅ble, adjective
at⋅tach⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. subjoin, append, add, annex.

Antonyms:
1. detach.
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at·tach   (ə-tāch')   
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.
at·tached   (ə-tācht')   
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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