Adjacent Words

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATTACH'ED, pp. Taken by writ or precept; drawn to and fixed, or united by affection or interest.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities" [syn: affiliated, attached, connected]
2: used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses" [ant: detached]
3: associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: attached, committed] [ant: unattached, uncommitted]
4: fond and affectionate; "she was very attached to her father"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1854 permanently fixed when adult <attached barnacles>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Attach At*tach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb. n. Attaching.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.] 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.] --Shak. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much. She is very attached to her family and friends. ADJ: v-link ADJ to n 2. If someone is attached to an organization or group of people, they are working with them, often only for a short time. Ford was attached to the battalion's first line of transport. ADJ: v-link ADJ to n 3. If one organization or institution is attached to a larger organization, it is part of that organization and is controlled and run by it. At one time the schools were mainly attached to the church. = affiliated ADJ: v-link ADJ to n