attach
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attach/əˈtatʃ/
▶verb
- 1 fasten; join.
■ include (a condition) as part of an agreement.
- 2 attribute importance or value to.
- 3 (as adj. attached) full of affection or fondness: he became increasingly attached to Tara.
- 4 appoint for special or temporary duties.
- 5 Law, archaic seize (a person or property) by legal authority.
– derivatives
attachable adjective.
attachable adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. atachier ‘fasten, fix’.
'attach' also found in these Oxford entries:
affiliate
- affix
- bend
- Blu-tack
- bracket
- cord
- detach
- dock
- embed
- enjoin
- fix
- graft
- grub screw
- hang
- hinge
- hook
- label
- latch
- limber
- mount
- peg
- piggyback
- pin
- praise
- price
- reattach
- remount
- rolling hitch
- scaffold
- screw
- spirit gum
- strike
- tag
- tape
- thill
- tie
- tip
- vamp
- weight
- yoke
