Definition of attempt

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Attempt (v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt..

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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..
Attentat :: Attentat (n.) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.
Tempt :: Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Vomiturition :: Vomiturition (n.) An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
Ill-timed :: Ill-timed (a.) Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time..
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp..
Ineffectual :: Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient..
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
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..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..
Say :: Say (n.) Essay; trial; attempt.
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt..
Attemptable :: Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked..
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To attempt; to undertake.
Attentat :: Attentat (n.) An attempt; an assault.
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman..
Attempter :: Attempter (n.) An assailant; also, a temper..
Coquetry :: Coquetry (n.) Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love..
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..
Insane :: Insane (a.) Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc..
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