1. [v]  be attached; be in contact with
2. [v]  become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
3. [v]  cause to be attached
4. [v]  take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
5. [v]  create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

ATTACH is a 6 letter word that starts with A.

1. \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
   fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
   to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.]
   1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
      as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
      or the like.
            The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
            muscles.                              --Paley.
            A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                                  --Macaulay.
   2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
      authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
      certain regiment, company, or ship.
   3. 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; as, attached to a friend; attaching
      others to us by wealth or flattery.
            Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
                                                  Austen.
            God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                                  --Cowper.
   4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
      attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
      importance to a particular circumstance.
            Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
                                                  Taylor.
   5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
   6. To take by legal authority:
      (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
          answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
          taking of the person by a civil process; being now
          rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
      (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
          writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
          which may be rendered in the suit. See {Attachment},
          4.
                The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
                treason.                          --Miss Yonge.
   {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
      that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
   Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
        annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
   

2. \At*tach"\, v. i.
   1. To adhere; to be attached.
            The great interest which attaches to the mere
            knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.
                                                  --Brougham.
   2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything;
      to vest; as, dower will attach. --Cooley.
   

3. \At*tach"\, n.
   An attachment. [Obs.] --Pope.