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[TRYST.] (Scotch.) *at-sitt', *at-sit'te, *at-syte, v.t. & i [Eng. at; O. Eng. sitt = sit.] Trans.: To sit against, to withstand. "In ys right hond ys lance he nom that cluped was Ron, Long and gret and strong ynou hym ne myghte atsytte non. Robert of Gloucester: Chron., p. 174. "That in joustes schulde atsitte the dynt of the lance." Havelok , 2,200. ( Boucher .) B. In trans.: To remain sitting; to stay, to remain. (O. E. Chron., N.E.D.) *ạt-stand' (pret. at-stō'de), v.t. [Eng. at; stand.] To stand against, to withstand, to oppose. "That hym ne myghte no man ne geaunt atstonde." Rob. of Glouc. Chron., p. 15. ( Boucher.) *at-stō'de, pret. of verb. [AT STAND.] at-tăc-ca, s. [Ital. attaceo = a sticking, a cleaving to; attacare = to hang, to fasten.] Music: A direction given at the end of a movement to proceed to the next one without stopping for any intermediate pause. (Often with the word subito .) ạt-tăch' ( Eng .), at-te'ich ( Scotch ), v.t. [In Fr. attacher = to fasten, to tie,.. to allure, .; Sp. atacar = to lace, to tie up, to rain in, to attack, to tease; Port. atacar = to fasten to, to lace, to tag; atocar, attacar = to attack; Ital attaccare = to hang, to fasten, to apply the mind, to quarrel, to kindle war. Cognate with Eng. ATTACK, TACK, TAKE, . (q.v.).] A. Ordinary Language: I. To fasten, to tie, or in some similar way to connect one thing with another. "Then, homeward, every man attach the hand Of his fair mistre . Shakesp.: Love's Labour's Lost , iv. 3. II. Irresistibly to seize on one by physical force against one's will. 1. Lit. (Used specially of seizing a person or his goods by judicial authority.) [B., 1.] (a) Of seizing himself. "Par. I do defy thy conjurations, And do attach thee as a felon here." Shakesp. Romeo and Juliet, v. 3. It had formerly of before the offence alleged. "You, Lord Archbishop, and you. Lord Mowbray, Of capital treason I attach you both." Shakesp.: 2 Henry IV ., iv. 2. (b) Of seizing his goods. [Β., 2.] "France hath flaw'd the league, and hath attach'd Our merchants goods at Bourdeaux. Shakesp.: Henry VIII., L. 1. 2. Fig . (Used of the irresistible influence of natural agencies or forces.) "I cannot blame thee; Who am myself attach'd with wearine , To the dulling of my spirits." Shakesp. Tempest , iii. 3. The foregoing example shows the e ential identity of the verbs attach and attack. III. To cause one to adhere to another by moral instead of material force to unite one to another by the ties of self-interest or of affection. "God, working ever on a social plan, By various ties attaches man to man." Cowper. Charity . "The great and rich depend on those whom their power or their wealth attaches to them."-Rogers. IV. To attribute; to ascribe. "The other party wondered that any importance could be attached to the nonsense of a namele scribbler of the thirteenth century." - Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. B. Law: 1. To arrest a person by judicial authority. [A., II. 1. (a).] It is now used specially respecting the proce adopted in cases of contempt of court. (See Black stone's Comment ., bk. iii., ch. 27.) [ATTACHMENT.] 2. Similarly to arrest or seize upon one's goods by proce of law. [A., II. 1 (6).]