[at.tach] vb [ME, fr. MF attacher, fr. OF estachier, fr. estache stake, of Gmc origin; akin to OE staca stake] vt (14c) 1: to take by legal authority esp. under a writ "~ed the property"
2. a: to bring (oneself) into an association b: to assign temporarily
3: to bind by personal ties (as of affection or sympathy) "was strongly ~ed to his family"
4: to make fast (as by tying or gluing) "~ a label to a package"
5: to associate esp. as a property: attribute "~ed great importance to public opinion polls" ~ vi: to become attached: adhere syn see fasten -- at.tach.able adj