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Vain :: Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt..

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..

Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play..

Mythologize :: Mythologize (v. i.) To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths..

Enterprising :: Enterprising (a.) Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm..

Attemptable :: Attemptable (a.) Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked..

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

Ill-timed :: Ill-timed (a.) Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time..

Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

Treason :: Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery..

Enemy :: Enemy (n.) One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood..

Offer :: Offer (v. i.) To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.

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..

Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..

Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.

Sweat :: Sweat (v. t.) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics..

Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

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..

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

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