attaching

verb

1. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).“An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.”
2. To adhere; to be attached.
3. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.“Dower will attach.”
4. 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.“attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery”