Definition of attempt

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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..

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Vomiturition :: Vomiturition (n.) An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
Coquetry :: Coquetry (n.) Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love..
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt..
Attempter :: Attempter (n.) One who attempts; one who essays anything.
Fish :: Fish (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded..
Detecter :: Detecter (n.) One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector..
Pry :: Pry (v. i.) To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.
Affectation :: Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..
Proffer :: Proffer (v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake..
Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..
Success :: Success (n.) The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.
Attentat :: Attentat (n.) An attempt; an assault.
Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts..
Philanthropinism :: Philanthropinism (n.) A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass..
Storm :: Storm (v. t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town..
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..
Attemptable :: Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked..
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