attach (atach)

[ E. attack, q. v.) (= Pr. attacar = Sp. Pg. atacar = It. attaccare: see attacca), fasten, join, lit. tack to, There were two or three attached for the same robbery. Latimer , 4th Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 2. Of capital treason I attach you both. (6) To take (real or personal property) by legal warrant, to be held for the satisfaction of the judgment that may be rendered in a suit. See attachment. 2t. To lay hold of; seize. Then, homeward, every man attach the hand Of his fair mistre . 369 The next group consists of those Rotifer a which seldom or never attach themselves by the foot, but swim freely through the water. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., § 453. attach themselves, like barLowell, Fireside Travels, p. 67. Such temperaments.. nacles, to what seems permanent. 5. Figuratively, to connect; a ociate: as, to attach a particular significance to a word. He attaches very little importance to the invention of gunpowder. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. 6. To join to or with in action or function; connect as an a ociate or adjunct; adjoin for duty or companionship: as, an officer is at tached to such a ship, regiment, battalion, etc.; our regiment is attached to the 1st brigade; this man is attached to my service; he attached himself to me for the entire journey.- Attached column, in arch., same as engaged column (which see, under column ). = Syn. 1. To seize, distrain, distre . 3. To win, gain over, engage, charm, endear one's self to, captivate.-4. Add, Affix, Annex, etc. See add.-5. Το attribute. II. in trans . 1. To adhere; pertain, as a quality or circumstance; belong or be incident: with to. The fame of each discovery rightly attaches to the mind that made the formula which contains all the details, and not to the manufacturers who now make their gain by it. Emerson , Succe . To the healthful performance of each function of mind or body attaches a pleasurable feeling. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 92. attagen Cromwell had to determine whether he would put to hazard the attachment of his party, the attachment of his army, to save a prince whom no engagement could bind. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., i. The hereditary attachments of those kings [English] lay in Anjou and Aquitaine far more than in England, or even in Normandy. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 159. 5. That which attaches one thing to another, or a person to an object: as, the attachments of a muscle; the attachments of home. - 6. That which is attached to a principal object; an adjunct: as, the wolian attachment to the piano; an attachment to a sewing-machine. - Eolian attachment. See Eolian1. - Court of Attachments. See court.=Syn. 4. Predilection, Affection. See love.-6. Appendage, appurtenance, addition. attachment-screw (a-tachment-skrö), n. A tenance: with on or upon. Blame attached upon Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet for yield ing. King lake , Crimea, I. 491. ( N. E. D. ) 3. To come into operation; take or have effect. After the risk (in marine insurance] has once commenced, the whole premium is earned, even though the voyage should not be prosecuted... But if the risk should not commence at all, or in technical phrase, if the "policy should not attach, " the premium must be returned to the a ured. Encyc . Brit ., XIII. 185. IMG:content-1347.png:[blocks in formation] The people's interest is the only object that we have any right whatever to consider in deciding the question, whether or not the present state of things shall be submitted to or attacked . Brougham . 3. To make an onset or attempt upon, in a general sense; begin action upon or in regard to; set about or upon: as, to attack a piece of work or a problem, or (humorously) the dinner.4. To begin to affect; come or fall upon; seize: said of diseases and other destructive agencies: as, yesterday he was attacked by fever; caries attacked the bones; locusts attacked the crops. Specifically-5. In chem ., to cause to decompose or di olve. The bodies are of a siliceous character, for they are not destroyed by ignition, nor attacked by hydrochloric acid. Science, VII. 218. =Syn. 1. Set upon, Fall upon, etc. (see a ail ), a ault, beset, besiege, beleaguer, charge upon, engage, challenge, combat. 2. To impugn, criticize, censure. II. in trans. To make an attack or onset: as, the enemy attacked with great boldne . Those that attack generally get the victory. Cane , Campaigns. George Gaunt and I were intimate in early life: he was my junior when we were attachés at Pumpernickel together. Thackeray , Vanity Fair, xlvii. attachedly (a-tach'ed-li), adv . With attachment. [Rare.] attachment (a-tachment), n. ment (in sense 1), attachen , attach; in other senses attache ment , attacher : see attach .] 1. The act of attaching; specifically, in law , a taking of the person, goods, or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, to secure a debt or demand, or to compel to appear in court, or to punish for contempt. In American usage, attach ment , when used in reference to property, means the taking of the defendant's property into custody by the law, by a summary proce from a court, in advance of the trial of the merits of the case, as security for the payment of any judgment that may be recovered. The grounds of granting it are usually evidence of fraud or fraudulent disposal of property, or apprehension of absconding, etc. When used in reference to the person, it means the taking of the person into custody to answer to a charge of contempt of court. Foreign attachment is the taking, from the hands or control of a third person within the jurisdiction, of the money or goods or rights of action of a debtor who is not within the jurisdiction. Any person who has goods or effects of a debtor is considered in law as the agent, attorney, factor, or trustee of the debtor; and an attachment served on such person binds the property in his hands to respond to the judgment against the debtor. The proce of foreign attachment has existed from time immemorial in London, Bristol, Exeter, Lancaster, and some other towns in England, and by the Common Law Procedure Act of 1854 has been made general. It is also sometimes known as garnishment , in Scotland as arrest Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. ment, and in New England as trustee proce . 3. To take, seize, or lay hold on, by moral force, as by affection or interest; fasten or bind by moral influence; win: as, his kindne attached us all to him. Songs, garlands, flowers, And charming symphonies attach'd the heart Of Adam. Milton, P. L., xi. 595. 4. To tack or fix to; fasten in any manner, as one thing to another, by either natural or artificial means; bind; tie; cause to adhere. 2. The writ or proce directing the person or estate of a person to be taken, for the purposes above stated.-3. The act or state of being attached, fastened on, or connected.-4. Close adherence or affection; regard; any pa ion or affection that binds a person to another person or to a thing. The attachment of the people to the institutions and the laws under which they live is the glory, and the safety of the land. at once the strength, Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 276. Long time in even scale The battel hung; till Satan, ranging through the dire attack , Saw where the sword of Michael smote, and fell'd Squadrons at once. Milton , P. L., vi. 248. 3. An onset of any kind; the initial movement in any active proceeding or contest, as a game of che , cricket, etc.; in music, specifically, the act (with reference to the manner) of beginning a piece, pa age, or phrase, especially by an orchestra.-4. The aggre ive part of the art of fencing: opposed to defense. Attacks are made in three ways:-first, by a quick thrust proceeding merely from the wrist, the arm at the same time being elevated and advanced, with the point directed towards the adversary's breast; secondly, by what is technically called an extension; and lastly, by longeing and recovering. Encyc . Brit ., IX. 70. 5. A seizure by a disease; the onset of a disease. Attack of a siege, an a ault upon an enemy's field or permanent fortifications, by means of parallels, galleries, saps, trenches, mines, enfilading-, counter-, or breaching-batteries, or by storming parties. - To deliver an attack. See deliver1. = Syn. 1. Charge, Onslaught, etc. See onset. attackable (a-tak'a-bl), a. [