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attach

at·tach

UK/əˈtæt͡ʃ/ US/ʌˈtætʃ/ fairly common

verb

1.

cause to be attached

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2.

be attached; be in contact with

3.

become attached

  • “The spider”
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4.

create social or emotional ties

  • “The grandparents want to bond with the child”
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5.

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

  • “The FBI seized the drugs”
  • “The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment”
  • “The police confiscated the stolen artwork”
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Origin

From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack. Displaced native Old English þīedan.

Phrases

  • attached annulus
  • get attached
  • no string attached
  • no strings attached
  • string attached
  • strings attached
  • would lose one's head if it wasn't attached

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