attaching

/əˈtætʃɪŋ/

IPA: /AH0 T AE1 CH IH0 NG/

verb

1
To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
“An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.”
syn:affix annex connect unite
ant:detach disengage separate unfasten
2
To adhere; to be attached.
syn:cling stick
3
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
“Dower will attach.”
4
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.
“attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery”
5
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
“to attach great importance to a particular circumstance”
6
To take, seize, or lay hold of.
7
To arrest, seize.

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