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Definition of Fasten on
1. Verb. Adopt. "Take up new ideas"
Generic synonyms: Adopt, Embrace, Espouse, Sweep Up
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasten On
Literary usage of Fasten on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... English Composition as a Social Problem by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1917)
"... whether cheapness or slovenliness in word choices, than it would be to forcibly
fasten on the boy a black tie instead of the green and purple one he ..."
2. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"... to fasten on, to tie together. Tonga: fau, to fasten up the hair, the name of
the hibiscus, the kava strainer made therefrom; ..."
3. Popular Misgovernment in the United States by Alfred Byron Cruikshank (1920)
"CHAPTER XI THE EFFECT OF MANHOOD SUFFRAGE IS TO fasten on THE COUNTRY AND MAKE
PERMANENT THE RULE OF THE POLITICIANS THE political oligarchies rule, ..."
4. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients: With a by John Andrews Arnett, John Hannett (1837)
"The books are usually covered with red, green, or black morocco, one of the sides
being lengthened out, so as to fold over the fore edge, and fasten on the ..."
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