attach

Definition

To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

Etymology

From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack.

Example Sentences

• "You need to attach the carabiner to your harness."
• "An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship."
• "[T]he ſhoulder-blade has no bony communication with the trunk, either by a joint, or proceſs, or in any other way. […] It is bedded in the fleſh; attached only to the muſcles."

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