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at⋅tach

  [uh-tach]
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–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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Word Origin & History

attach 
1330, "to take or seize (property or goods) by law," a legal term, from O.Fr. estachier "to attach" (Fr. attacher, It. attaccare), perhaps from a- "to" + Frank. *stakon "a post, stake" or a similar Gmc. word (see stake (n.)). Meaning "to fasten, affix, connect" is first attested 1802, from French. Attachment "affection, devotion" is from 1704.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: at·tach
Function: verb
Etymology: Anglo-French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake
transitive verb 1 : to obtain a court order against (property of another person) that directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property —compare GARNISH, LEVY
NOTE: A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit or to prevent the defendant from getting rid of property that may be needed to pay a judgment to the plaintiff.
2 : to join or make a part of attached to the suit —Rosalind Resnick>
3 : to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise one's rights in the property against third parties —see also security interest at INTEREST 1 —compare PERFECT intransitive verb : to become effective: as a : to come into existence as a security interest attaches> b : to become operative esp. as a right attaches only at or after the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings —United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984)> —see also JEOPARDY —at·tach·able adjective —at·tach·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·at·tach
Pronunciation: "rE-&-'tach
Function: intransitive verb
: to become attached anew reattach transitivesenses
: to attach again <reattach a severed finger> —re·at·tach·ment /-m&nt/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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