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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
committed \committed\ adjective
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of {uncommitted}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {bound up, involved, wrapped up}; {dedicated, devoted}; {pledged, sworn}] [WordNet 1.5]
2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also called {attached}. Opposite of {unattached}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {betrothed}, {engaged}, {pledged}, {promised}(predicate); {married}] [Also See: {loving}.]
Syn: attached. [WordNet 1.5]
3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or mental institution. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
connected \connected\ adjective
1. p. p. of {connect}. [Narrower terms: {abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous}] [Narrower terms: {adjunctive}] [Narrower terms: {affined}] [Narrower terms: {attached}] [Narrower terms: {contiguous, in contact}] [Narrower terms: {coupled, joined, linked}] [Narrower terms: {cursive, flowing}] [Narrower terms: {siamese}] [Narrower terms: {socially connected, well-connected}] {unconnected} [WordNet 1.5]
2. being joined in close association.
Syn: affiliated, attached. [WordNet 1.5]
3. connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals. [Narrower terms: {wired (vs. wireless)}] WordNet 1.5]
4. (Music) legato. {staccato}
Syn: flowing, smooth. [WordNet 1.5]
5. associated with or accompanying.
Syn: associated. [WordNet 1.5]
6. (Computers) stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. [Narrower terms: {on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)}]
Syn: machine-accessible. [WordNet 1.5]
7. switched on. [Narrower terms: {on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)}]
Syn: ready, on. [WordNet 1.5]
8. having some relation.
Syn: related. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Attach \At*tach"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
attached \attached\ adjective
1. fastened together. a picnic table with attached benches [WordNet 1.5]
2. being joined in close association; -- of people or organizations.
Syn: affiliated, connected [WordNet 1.5]
3. fastened onto another object; -- of objects smaller than the main object. [WordNet 1.5]
4. (Architecture) connected by a common wall or passageway; -- used of buildings. {detached} [WordNet 1.5]
5. (Biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. an attached oyster {vagile}
Syn: sessile [WordNet 1.5]
6. associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; -- opposite of {unattached}.
Note: Narrower terms include: {affianced, bespoken, betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate)}; {married}. Also See: loving.
Syn: committed. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
attached
adjective
1: fastened together; "a picnic table with attached benches"
2: being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities" [syn: {affiliated}, {connected}]
3: used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses" [ant: {detached}]
4: permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants" [syn: {sessile}] [ant: {vagile}]
5: associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: {committed}] [ant: {unattached}]
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