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To try to perform, make, or achieve: attempted to read the novel in one sitting; attempted a difficult dive.
(verb-transitive)
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Archaic To tempt.
(verb-transitive)
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Archaic To attack with the intention of subduing.
(verb-transitive)
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An effort or a try.
(noun)
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An attack; an assault: an attempt on someone's life.
(noun)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.