Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Appiccá-re, v. a.
1. to fasten, make fast, attach, unite one thing to another; 2. to hang, to gibbet; 3. to hang, hook up, on a nail. — un colpo, to strike, give a blow. — sonagli, to defame, slander a person. Appiccarla ad uno,to play a person a trick, to laugh at a person. — la zuffa, to give battle. — il fuoco, to set fire to. — l'amicizia, to contract a friendship for; v. r. 1. to keep close, to cleave to, to stick;2. to be catching (speaking of contagious diseases);3. to take root, speaking of plants; adj.Appiccá-nte .