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attachable, a.|əˈtætʃəb(ə)l|
[f. attach v. + -able.]
1. Liable to arrest or legal seizure: see attach v. 2.
a1579Sir N. Bacon (title) An Argument to show that the persons of noblemen are attachable by law for contempts in the High Court of Chancery. 1755N. Magens Insurances II. 102 The Goods on board..shall be more particularly bound and attachable for the same. 1884Law Rep., Q. Bench XII. 525 No attachable debt was in existence at the date.
2. Capable of being tacked on, annexed, added, attributed as an adjunct to anything.
1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. viii. §21 The terms ‘true’ and ‘false’ are..attachable to the opposite branches. 1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. I. i. ii. 50 A throne, to which wheels were attached, and horses attachable. 1879T. Marks Gt. Pyr. 26 Any theoretical importance, attachable to them.
3. Capable of personal attachment (to others).
1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. VI. xvi. vi. 196 Voltaire is, by nature, an attached or attachable creature. |