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fasten
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) To cause to take close effect
  • to make to tell
  • to lay on
  • as, to fasten a blow.
  • (v. i.) To fix one's self
  • to take firm hold
  • to clinch
  • to cling.
 
fastened
  • (imp. &
  • p. p.) of Fasten
 
fastener
  • (n.) One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
 
fastening
  • (p. pr. &
  • vb. n.) of Fasten
  • (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

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