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.
The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the
service of many successions of parties, with very
different ideas fastened to them. --Swift.
3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on;
as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.
If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.
{To fasten} {a charge, or 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.
A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. --Sir T.
Browne.