ATTEMPT
\ɐtˈɛmpt], \ɐtˈɛmpt], \ɐ_t_ˈɛ_m_p_t]\
Definitions of ATTEMPT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
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To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
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To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
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To make an attempt; - with upon.
By Oddity Software
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
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To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
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To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
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To make an attempt; - with upon.
By Noah Webster.
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To make an effort to accomplish; try; try to win; attack.
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A trial or endeavor; an effort to gain a point; an attack.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To try or endeavor: to make an effort or attack upon.
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To make an attempt or trial.
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A trial: endeavor or effort.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An essay, trial, or endeavour; an effort to gain a point; an attack.
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To try; to endeavour; to attack; to try to seduce.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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