English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Attain
Attain
(v. t.)
To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts;
to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Attain
(v. t.)
To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
Attain
(v. t.)
To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
Attain
(v. t.)
To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at.
Attain
(v. t.)
To overtake.
Attain
(v. t.)
To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
Attain
(v. i.)
To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion,
or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
Attain
(v. i.)
To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
Attain
(n.)
Attainment.