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<blockquote>God . . . by various ties <b>attaches</b> man to man. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with <i>to</i>; <as>as, to <ex>attach</ex> great importance to a particular circumstance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Top this treasure a curse is <b>attached</b>. <i>Bayard Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To take, seize, or lay hold of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To take by legal authority: <sd>(a)</sd> 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 <i>civil</i> process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. <sd>(b)</sd> 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 <er>Attachment</er>, <er>4</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The earl marshal <b>attached</b> Gloucester for high treason. <i>Miss Yonge.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Attached column</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.</syn>

<h1>Attach</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At*tach"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To adhere; to be attached.</def>

<blockquote>The great interest which <b>attaches</b> to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; <as>as, dower will <ex>attach</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Cooley.</i>

<h1>Attach</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At*tach"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An attachment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Attachable</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At*tach"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.</def>

<h1>Attach\'82</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At`ta*ch\'82"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., p. p. of <ets>attacher</ets>. See <er>Attach</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.</def>

<h1>Attachment</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At*tach"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>attachment</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an<?/ passion of affection that binds a person; <as>as, an <ex>attachment</ex> to a friend, or to a party</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; <as>as, to cut the <ex>attachments</ex> of a muscle</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The human mind . . . has exhausted its forces in the endeavor to rend the supernatural from its <b>attachment</b> to this history. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; <as>as, a sewing machine <ex>attachment</ex> (<it>i. e.</it>, a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Giv. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.</def>

<note>&hand; The term is applied to a seizure or taking either of persons or property. In the serving of process in a civil suit, it is most generally applied to the taking of property, whether at common law, as a species of distress, to compel defendant's appearance, or under local statutes, to satisfy the judgment the plaintiff may recover in the action. The terms <i>attachment</i> and <i>arrest</i> are both applied to the taking or apprehension of a defendant to compel an appearance in a civil action. <i>Attachments</i> are issued at common law and in chancery, against persons for contempt of court. In England, <i>attachment</i> is employed in some cases where <i>capias</i> is with us, as against a witness who fails to appear on summons. In some of the New England States a writ of <i>attachment</i> is a species of <i>mesne process</i> upon which the property of a defendant may be seized at the commencement of a suit and before summons to him, and may be held to satisfy the judgment the plaintiff may recover. In other States this writ can issue only against absconding debtors and those who conceal themselves. See <er>Foreign</er>, <er>Garnishment</er>, <er>Trustee process</er>.</note>