attachv. t.[OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.]1. 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.()The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. (Paley.)A huge stone to which the cable was attached. (Macaulay.)2. 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.()3. 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.()Incapable of attaching a sensible man. (Miss Austen.)God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. (Cowper.)4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance.()Top this treasure a curse is attached. (Bayard Taylor.)5. To take, seize, or lay hold of.(Shak.)6. 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.()The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. (Miss Yonge.)Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.()()v. i.1. To adhere; to be attached.()The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. (Brougham.)2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.(Cooley.)n. An attachment.(Pope.)