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Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

To attach; to affix. Alison.

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.

in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

r produced by, the wind; aërial. Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the

Microörganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

itive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on aërobic and anaërobic bacteria. -- A`ër*o*tac"tic (#), a.

ssions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

Inclined; disposed; attached. How stand you affected his wish Shak.

A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.…

To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with. Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central society, or with each other.

To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray.

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.]

A furious onset or attack. [Obs.] Spenser.