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Attach

verb

(past & past part. attached; pres. part. attaching)

Cause to be attached. Antonym: detach.

Be attached; be in contact with.

Become attached. Antonym: detach.

Create social or emotional ties. Synonyms: bind, bond, tie.

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester. "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment" , "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

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"Attach" Quotes from Famous Books

... slightingly of Merritt, refused to vote, but Blaine, who had joined heartily in the laughter provoked by Conkling's thrusts as he read the letters, antagonised the President. This noticeable desire of the Maine statesman to attach his fortunes to those of the New York Senator neither escaped the attention nor faded from the ...

— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... contribution to the statistics of literature. I do note mean to undertake it, but shall so far assume an excess on the side of the former class, as to attempt a triad of replies to recent queries without fear of the censures which attach ...

— Notes & Queries, No. 19, Saturday, March 9, 1850 • Various

... was common report that he'd been expelled from a club, somewhere, for cheating at cards. His first wife had died a long time before through his studied neglect and bad treatment. He had heard of my good salary and increasing prospects, and so had made up his mind to attach himself, after the manner of all parasites, to one who promised to be a source ...

— Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist • John T. McIntyre

... fourteen years before. He was too cunning, and knew too well the perils of his situation, not to comprehend the bearing of Sarah's threats. Although admirably constructed, the edifice of the notary's reputation was built on sand. The public as easily detach as they attach themselves, and are pleased with the right to trample under foot those whom they once had exalted to the skies. How foresee the consequences of the first attack on the reputation of Jacques Ferrand? However ridiculous ...

— The Mysteries of Paris V2 • Eugene Sue

... d'Orleans, whom he treated better and better every day. Madame de Maintenon did not dare not to contribute a little at first; and in this the Prince felt the friendship of the Jesuits, whom he had contrived to attach to him. ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

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