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[əˈtatʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- join or fasten (something) to something else
(e.g: attach your safety line to the bridge)
- attribute importance or value to
(e.g: he doesn't attach too much importance to fixed ideas)
- seize (a person or property) by legal authority
(e.g: the Earl Marshal attached Gloucester for high treason)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘seize by legal authority’): from medieval Latin attachiare ‘seize, fasten’ and Old French atachier or estachier ‘fasten, fix’, of uncertain origin; perhaps based on an element of Germanic origin related to stake; compare with attack
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