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▪ I. attaching, vbl. n.|əˈtætʃɪŋ|
[f. attach v.]
1. The action of arresting; arrest, seizure.
1543Grafton Contn. Harding 437 After whose attachynge and imprysonmente, the realme was set in more quyetnes. 1576A. Hall Acc. Quarrel (1815) 21 A warrant..for the attaching of Smalley. 1863Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 593 note, 3 Edw. I. c. 35 prohibits bailiffs of liberties from attaching persons not subject to their jurisdictions.
2. The action of joining to. (Mostly gerundial).
1747in Col. Rec. Penn. V. 149 The attaching these Indians and their Friends to the English Cause.
▪ II. aˈttaching, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That attaches persons to oneself; engaging.
1813F. Burney Diary VII. 10 Mdme. de Staël's Mémoires..are so attaching, so evidently original and natural. 1867Bp. Salisbury Charge 11 That most attaching of friends, Dr. Arnold.
2. That adheres or pertains to; incident.
a1858De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. I. vii. 205 The peculiar circumstances attaching to a royal ball. 1879R. Douglas Confucian. iii. 78 The..ceremonies attaching to the social distinctions. |