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Attach and Insert

verb

  • Cause to be attached.
  • Be attached; be in contact with.
  • Become attached.
    • usage: "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
  • Create social or emotional ties.
    • usage: "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
  • Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
    • usage: "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
(DoD) The placement of units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary.
(DoD) The detailing of individuals to specific functions where such functions are secondary or relatively temporary, e.g., attached for quarters and rations; attached for flying duty. See also assign.

noun

  • A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication.
  • An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted.
  • Broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program.
  • Film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film.

verb

(v.t.) To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter or be included or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.