attach
verb
[ əˈtatʃ ]
• join or fasten (something) to something else.
• "attach your safety line to the bridge"
Similar:
fasten,
fix,
affix,
join,
connect,
couple,
link,
secure,
make fast,
tie,
tie up,
bind,
fetter,
strap,
rope,
tether,
truss,
lash,
hitch,
moor,
anchor,
yoke,
chain,
stick,
tape,
adhere,
glue,
bond,
cement,
fuse,
weld,
solder,
pin,
peg,
screw,
bolt,
rivet,
batten,
pinion,
clamp,
clip,
add,
append,
annex,
subjoin,
• attribute importance or value to.
• "he doesn't attach too much importance to fixed ideas"
• seize (a person or property) by legal authority.
• "the Earl Marshal attached Gloucester for high treason"
Similar:
seize,
confiscate,
commandeer,
requisition,
appropriate,
expropriate,
take possession of,
take away,
take,
sequester,
sequestrate,
distrain,
disseize,
poind,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘seize by legal authority’): from Old French atachier or estachier ‘fasten, fix’, based on an element of Germanic origin related to stake1; compare with attack.
