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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr & vb n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n. See {Fast}, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something or to cleave together, by any means as to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell to lay on as to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him --Shak. {To fasten} {a charge, or a crime}, {upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. {To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fasten \Fas"ten\, v. i. To fix one's self to take firm hold to clinch; to cling. A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fasten v 1: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: {fix}, {secure}] [ant: {unfasten}] 2: become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back" [ant: {unfasten}] 3: attach to "They fastened various nicknames to each other" 4: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: {tighten}]
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