[f. as prec. + -ING2.]

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  1.  That attaches persons to oneself; engaging.

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1813.  Miss Burney, Diary, VII. 10. Mdme. de Staël’s Mémoires … are so attaching, so evidently original and natural.

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1867.  Bp. Salisbury, Charge, 11. That most attaching of friends, Dr. Arnold.

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  2.  That adheres or pertains to; incident.

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a. 1858.  De Quincey, Autobiog. Sk., Wks. I. vii. 205. The peculiar circumstances attaching to a royal ball.

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1879.  R. Douglas, Confucian., iii. 78. The … ceremonies attaching to the social distinctions.

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