Attaching meaning : To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). To adhere; to be attached. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to. To take, seize, or lay hold of. To arrest, seize.