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Fas"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening (?).] [AS. fæstnian; akin to OHG. festin&ō;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.
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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.
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The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift.
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3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] Dryden.
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If I can fasten but one cup upon him. Shak.
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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. Acts iii. 4.

Syn. -- To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
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Fas"ten, v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
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A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne.
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