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 at·tach /əˈtæʧ/
 (vt.)使…附屬於…,把…附加在…,系上,縛上,使依附

 at·tach /əˈtæʧ/ 動詞
 敷,系,貼,附加,隸屬,使…依戀

 attach
 附加; 附接; 連接

 attach
 附上

 attach
 附加 附接

 At·tach v. i.
 1. To adhere; to be attached.
    The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.   --Brougham.
 2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.

 At·tach, n. An attachment. [Obs.]
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 At·tach v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached p. pr. & vb. n. Attaching.]
 1. 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.
    The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles.   --Paley.
    A huge stone to which the cable was attached.   --Macaulay.
 2. 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.
 3. 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.
    Incapable of attaching a sensible man.   --Miss Austen.
    God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.   --Cowper.
 4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.
    Top this treasure a curse is attached.   --Bayard Taylor.
 5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.]
 6. 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.
    The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason.   --Miss Yonge.
 Attached column Arch., a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
 Syn: -- To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.

 attach
      v 1: cause to be attached [ant: detach]
      2: be attached; be in contact with
      3: become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window
         sill" [ant: detach]
      4: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
         bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, bond]
      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" [syn: impound, sequester, confiscate,
          seize]