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Deceit :: Deceit (n.) An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud..

Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..

Proffer :: Proffer (v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake..

Entry :: Entry (n.) The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking..

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..

Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments..

Hazardize :: Hazardize (n.) A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.

Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..

Antinomy :: Antinomy (n.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry..

Success :: Success (n.) The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.

Dare :: Dare (v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.

Unseconded :: Unseconded (a.) Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded..

Hockey :: Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals..

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?.

Endeavorer :: Endeavorer (n.) One who makes an effort or attempt.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee..

Enforce :: Enforce (v. i.) To attempt by force.

Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

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