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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: committed \committed\ adj. 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.0.48 [gcide]: connected \connected\ adj. 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.0.48 [gcide]: Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. --Paley. [1913 Webster] A huge stone to which the cable was attached. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss Austen. [1913 Webster] God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. [1913 Webster] Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard Taylor. [1913 Webster] 5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. --Miss Yonge. [1913 Webster] {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it. [1913 Webster] Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: attached \attached\ adj. 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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: attached adj 1: being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities" [syn: {affiliated}, {attached}, {connected}] 2: used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses" [ant: {detached}] 3: associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: {attached}, {committed}] [ant: {unattached}, {uncommitted}] 4: fond and affectionate; "she was very attached to her father"