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Fasten v. t. (past & past part. fastened; pres. part. fastening)

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.

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."

To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. (Obs.) "If I can fasten but one cup upon him."

To fasten a charge upon or To fasten 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.

Synonyms: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.

Fasten v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. "A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish."

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"Fasten" Quotes from Famous Books

... last thing he did before setting out, to nail that gate together and fasten it up with his own hands, so as I wouldn't need always to be running after the young one, lest he should fall down the stair." It was Emma Smith who spoke; she emerged dishevelled and tearful from an upper room. "When he has so much to think about and all, ...

— The Mormon Prophet • Lily Dougall

... with pieces of venison suspended just above them on a projecting limb of a tree. In the morning, when the trappers went out to look for their supposed victims, both the meat and the traps were gone. They had, in their inexperience, forgotten to fasten the traps to anything, and if any of the wolves were caught, they had ...

— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

... there is a gentleman outside the door who wishes to see her. Whenever the door is shut, do you fasten it inside." ...

— The Faith Doctor - A Story of New York • Edward Eggleston

... loose, godmother,' said the girl, who now, pale as death and trembling all over, advanced to fasten the link. ...

— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever

... under the skin; the shock was so fearful, that the executioners believed that the bones would start, and burst the flesh, wherefore they made haste to rest the left foot on the right, but their difficulties began again, the feet turned over, and it was necessary to bore them with an auger to fasten them. ...

— En Route • J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

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