a. [f. ATTACH v. + -ABLE.]

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  1.  Liable to arrest or legal seizure: see ATTACH v. 2.

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a. 1579.  Sir N. Bacon (title), An Argument to show that the persons of noblemen are attachable by law for contempts in the High Court of Chancery.

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1755.  Magens, Insurances, II. 102. The Goods on board … shall be more particularly bound and attachable for the same.

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1884.  Law Rep., Q. Bench, XII. 525. No attachable debt was in existence at the date.

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  2.  Capable of being tacked on, annexed, added, attributed as an adjunct to anything.

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1856.  Ruskin, Mod. Paint., III. IV. viii. § 21. The terms ‘true’ and ‘false’ are … attachable to the opposite branches.

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1876.  J. H. Newman, Hist. Sk., I. I. ii. 50. A throne, to which wheels were attached, and horses attachable.

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1879.  T. Marks, Gt. Pyr., 26. Any theoretical importance, attachable to them.

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  3.  Capable of personal attachment (to others).

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1865.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., VI. XVI. vi. 196. Voltaire is, by nature, an attached or attachable creature.

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