attach
[ uh-tach ]
/ əˈtætʃ /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to adhere; pertain; belong (usually followed by to or upon): No blame attaches to him.
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Origin of attach
1300–50; Middle English atachen<Anglo-French atacher to seize, Old French atachier to fasten, alteration of estachier to fasten with or to a stake, equivalent to estach(e) (<Germanic *stakkastake1) + -ier infinitive suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for attach
attach
/ (əˈtætʃ) /
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of attach
attachable, adjectiveattacher, nounWord Origin for attach
C14: from Old French atachier to fasten, changed from estachier to fasten with a stake, from estache stake 1
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Other Idioms and Phrases with attach
attach
see no strings attached.
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