attach
[ uh-tach ]
/ əˈtætʃ /
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to adhere; pertain; belong (usually followed by to or upon): No blame attaches to him.
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
*stakka
stake1) +
-ier infinitive suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for attach
attach
/ (əˈtætʃ) /
verb (mainly tr)
Derived forms of attach
attachable, adjective attacher, nounWord Origin for attach
C14: from Old French
atachier to fasten, changed from
estachier to fasten with a stake, from
estache
stake
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Idioms and Phrases with attach
attach
see no strings attached.