2. attribute importance or value to: "he doesn't attach too much importance to radical ideas"
▪ (of importance or value) be attributed to: "great importance attaches to the family role"Similarascribeassignattributeaccreditapplyimputeinvest withput onplace onlay on
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘seize by legal authority’): from Old French atachier or estachier ‘fasten, fix’, based on an element of Germanic origin related to stake1; compare with attack.