F'ASTEN, v.t. f'asn. 1. To fix firmly; to make fast or close; as, to fasten a chain to the feet, or to fasten the feet with fetters.2. To lock, bolt or bar; to secure; as, to fasten a door or window.3. To hold together; to cement or to link; to unite closely in any manner and by any means, as by cement, hooks, pins, nails, cords, &c.4. To affix or conjoin.The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with different ideas fastened to them. [Not common.]5. To fix; to impress.Thinking, by this face,To fasten in our thoughts that they have courage.6. To lay on with strength.Could he fasten a blow, or make a thrust, when not suffered to approach?F'ASTEN, v.i. To fasten on, is to fix one's self; to seize and hold on; to clinch. The leech will hardly fasten on a fish. |
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