Attach :: Attach (v. t.) 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..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) 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..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) 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..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) 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..

Attach :: Attach (v. i.) To adhere; to be attached.

Attach :: Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach..

Attach :: Attach (n.) An attachment.

Attachable :: Attachable (a.) Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept..

Attache :: Attache (v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy..

Attached :: Attached (imp. & p. p.) of Attac.

Attaching :: Attaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attac.

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.)..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..

Catachrestic :: Catachrestic (a.) Alt. of Catachrestica.

Catachrestical :: Catachrestical (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched..

Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party..

Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment..

Detach :: Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.

Detachable :: Detachable (a.) That can be detached.

Detached :: Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detac.

Detached :: Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels..

Detaching :: Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detac.

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached..

Detachment :: Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service..

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