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English

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Pronunciation


Noun

  1. The action of trying at something.
  2. An assault or attack.
  3. : The revolutionaries made several attempts on the monarch's life.


Synonyms


Translations

  • Polish: próba , podejście
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tentativa|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|tentativa|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|попытка|f|tr=popýtka|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|проба|f|tr=próba|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|опыт|m|tr=ópyt|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Portuguese: {{t-|pt|atentado|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|atentado|m}}

Verb

  1. To try.


Usage notes


Translations

Category:1000 English basic words Category:English control verbs

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Attempt \At*tempt"\ (?; 215), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attempted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Attempting.] [OF. atenter, also spelt
atempter, F. attenter, fr. L. attentare to attempt; ad +
tentare, temptare, to touch, try, v. intens. of tendere to
stretch. See Tempt, and cf. Attend.]
1. To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do
or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to
sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose. --Longfellow.
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2. To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by
temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic]
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It made the laughter of an afternoon
That Vivien should attempt the blameless king.
--Thackeray.
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3. To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts
the virtue of a woman.
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Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further:
Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. --Shak.
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4. 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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Without attempting his adversary's life. --Motley.
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Syn: See Try.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Attempt \At*tempt"\, v. i.
To make an attempt; -- with upon. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Attempt \At*tempt"\, n.
A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an
effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted
with a successful, effort.
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By his blindness maimed for high attempts. --Milton.
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Attempt to commit a crime (Law), such an intentional
preparatory act as will apparently result, if not
extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed
to effect. --Wharton.
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Syn: Attempt, Endeavor, Effort, Exertion, Trial.

Usage: These words agree in the idea of calling forth our
powers into action. Trial is the generic term; it
denotes a putting forth of one's powers with a view to
determine what they can accomplish; as, to make trial
of one's strength. An attempt is always directed to
some definite and specific object; as, "The attempt,
and not the deed, confounds us." --Shak. An endeavor
is a continued attempt; as, "His high endeavor and his
glad success." --Cowper. Effort is a specific putting
forth of strength in order to carry out an attempt.
Exertion is the putting forth or active exercise of
any faculty or power. "It admits of all degrees of
effort and even natural action without effort." --C.
J. Smith. See Try.
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WordNet attempt
n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or
accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the
reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor";
"she gave it a good try" [syn: effort, endeavor, endeavour,
try]
2: the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last
year"; "they made an attempt on his life" [syn: attack]
v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps";
"The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to
improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the
world" [syn: try, seek, essay, assay]
2: enter upon an activity or enterprise [syn: undertake, {set
about}]
Moby Dictionary
accept , affair , aim to , approach , assault , assay , assume , attack ,
attempt to , begin , beginning , bid , buckle to , business , care ,
chance , commence , commencement , commitment , contract , crack , dare ,
dare to , deal , effort , embark in , embark upon , endeavor , engage ,
engage in , engagement , enter on , enter upon , enterprise , essay ,
experiment , fall into , fall to , fling , gambit , get under way , go ,
go about , go at , go in for , go into , go upon , hassle , have at ,
hazard , inaugurate , initiate , initiation , launch forth ,
launch into , lay about , lick , lift a finger , make an attempt ,
make an effort , make bold , make free , move , move into , obligation ,
offer , operation , pains , pitch into , plan , plunge into , presume ,
pretend , pretend to , proceed to , program , project , proposition ,
seek , seek to , set about , set at , set forward , set going , set to ,
shot , shy , stab , start , step , strive , strive to , striving , stroke ,
strong bid , struggle , study to , tackle , take on , take the liberty ,
take up , task , tentative , trial , trial and error , trouble , try ,
try and , try to , turn to , undertake , undertaking , venture ,
venture on , venture to , venture upon , whack , work


ATTEMPT, criminal law. An attempt to commit a crime, is an endeavor to accomplish it, carried beyond mere preparation, but falling short of execution of the ultimate design, in any part of it. 2. Between preparations and attempts to commit a crime, the distinction is in many cases, very indeterminate. A man who buys poison for the purpose of committing a murder, and mixes it in the food intended for his victim, and places it on a table where he may take it, will or will not be guilty of an attempt to poison, from the simple circumstance of his taking back the poisoned food before or after the victim has had an opportunity to take it; for if immediately on putting it down, he should take it up, and, awakened to a just consideration of the enormity of the crime, destroy it, this would amount only to preparations and certainly if before he placed it on the table, or before he mixed the poison with the food, he had repented of his intention there would have been no attempt to commit a crime; the law gives this as a locus penitentiae. An attempt to commit a crime is a misdemeanor; and an attempt to commit a misdemeanor, is itself a misdemeanor. 1 Russ. on Cr. 44; 2 East, R. 8; 3 Pick. R. 26; 3 Benth. Ev. 69; 6 C. & P. 368.
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