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fasten
transitive verb
- to join (one thing to another); attach; connect
- to make fast or secure, as by locking, shutting, buttoning, etc.; fix firmly in place
- to hold, fix, or direct (the attention, gaze, etc.) steadily on something
- to cause to be connected or attributed; impute: to fasten a crime on someone
- to force (oneself) on or upon another in an annoying way
intransitive verb
- to become attached or joined
- to take a firm hold (on or upon); seize; cling
- to concentrate (on or upon)
See fasten in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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