vt to take, seize, or lay hold of.
2. attach ·noun an attachment.
3. attach ·vi to adhere; to be attached.
4. attach ·vi to come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
5. attach ·vt to bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
6. attach ·vt to connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix;
with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
7. attach ·vt to connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
8. attach ·vt 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; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery.
9. attach ·vt to take by legal authority: (a) to arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt;
applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) to seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. ·see attachment, 4.