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Attached   /ətˈætʃt/   Listen
Attached

adjective
1.
Being joined in close association.  Synonyms: affiliated, connected.  "All art schools whether independent or attached to universities"
2.
Used of buildings joined by common sidewalls.  Antonym: detached.
3.
Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.  Synonym: committed.  Antonym: unattached.
4.
Fond and affectionate.


Attach

verb
(past & past part. attached; pres. part. attaching)
1.
Cause to be attached.  Antonym: detach.
2.
Be attached; be in contact with.
3.
Become attached.  Antonym: detach.
4.
Create social or emotional ties.  Synonyms: bind, bond, tie.
5.
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.  Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester.  "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment" , "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"



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"Attached" Quotes from Famous Books



... regiment embarked for the West Indies, and George was obliged to part with his noble brother, to whom he had become strongly attached since his return from England. The departure of so many colonists, and the cessation of military display, left George in a serious frame of mind. For the first time in his life he ...
— From Farm House to the White House • William M. Thayer
... just when I had learned to love him," Hood concluded mournfully. "Became fascinated with a patent-medicine faker we struck at a county fair in Indiana. He was so tickled over the way the long-haired doctor played the banjo and jollied the crowd that he attached himself to his caravan. That Irishman was one of the most agreeable men to be in jail with that I ever knew; even hardened murderers would cotton to him. That spire over there must be Addington. The inn is nothing to boast of, ...
— The Madness of May • Meredith Nicholson
... madame, I recollect him well in Vienna. I was there at the time, attached to our Legation. He was a charming man; you read his masterly paper on the Central ...
— Miss Cayley's Adventures • Grant Allen
... up a protest at last and there was a movement through the country demanding protection for the children. Once a member of parliament held up in the House of Commons a whip of leather thongs attached to an oak handle, telling his colleagues that a few days before it had been used to flog little children who were mere babies. The demand was made for legislation to stop this barbarous treatment of children, to protect their childhood. The factory owners opposed the passing of ...
— The Common Sense of Socialism - A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg • John Spargo
... the lawyer, "any little things to which you may be attached the claimants would no doubt wish you to regard as your own. For anything of greater value—your piano, for example—I should have to make ...
— The Lost Girl • D. H. Lawrence


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