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Attain
Attain At*tain", v. i.
1. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or
efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
If by any means they might attain to Phenice. --Acts
xxvii. 12.
Nor nearer might the dogs attain. --Sir W.
Scott.
To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber.
--Cowper.
Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as
this. --J. R. Green.
2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high,
I can not attain unto it. --Ps. cxxxix.
6.
AttainAttain At*tain" ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. ``Canaan he now attains.' --Milton.
5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means. Attain
Attain At*tain", n.
Attainment. [Obs.]
Attainability
Attainability At*tain`a*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality of being attainable; attainableness.
Attainable
Attainable At*tain"a*ble, a.
1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the
mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished
by efforts directed to the object.
The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this
life. --Addison.
2. Obtainable. [Obs.]
General Howe would not permit the purchase of those
articles [clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and
they were not attainable in the country. --Marshall.
Attainableness
Attainableness At*tain"a*ble*ness, n.
The quality of being attainable; attainability.
AttainderAttainder At*tain"der, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse,
convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F.
teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.]
1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted;
the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a
person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as,
an act of attainder. --Abbott.
Note: Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a
judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony,
and involved the forfeiture of all the real and
personal property of the condemned person, and such
``corruption of blood' that he could neither receive
nor transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or
testify in any court, or claim any legal protection or
rights. In England attainders are now abolished, and in
the United States the Constitution provides that no
bill of attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of
treason (in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall
work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during
the life of the person attainted.
2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or
condemnation. [Obs.]
He lived from all attainder of suspect. --Shak.
Bill of attainder, a bill brought into, or passed by, a
legislative body, condemning a person to death or
outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence. AttainedAttain At*tain" ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. ``Canaan he now attains.' --Milton.
5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means. AttainingAttain At*tain" ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. ``Canaan he now attains.' --Milton.
5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means. Attainment
Attainment At*tain"ment, n.
1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching;
hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.
The attainment of every desired object. --Sir W.
Jones.
2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion;
acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements;
knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.
Attaint
Attaint At*taint", p. p.
Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] --Shak.
AttaintAttaint At*taint", n. [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v.]
1. A touch or hit. --Sir W. Scott.
2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by
overreaching. --White.
3. (Law) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether
a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record;
also, the convicting of the jury so tried. --Bouvier.
4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. --Shak.
5. An infecting influence. [R.] --Shak. Attaintment
Attaintment At*taint"ment, n.
Attainder; attainture; conviction.
Attainture
Attainture At*tain"ture, n.
Attainder; disgrace.
BattailantBattailant Bat"tail*ant, a. [F. bataillant, p. pr. See
Battle, v. i. ] [Obs.]
Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. --Spenser. -- n. A
combatant. --Shelton. BattailousBattailous Bat"tail*ous, a. [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See
Battle, n.]
Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.]
``In battailous aspect.' --Milton. Bill of attainderAttainder At*tain"der, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse,
convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F.
teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.]
1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted;
the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a
person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as,
an act of attainder. --Abbott.
Note: Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a
judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony,
and involved the forfeiture of all the real and
personal property of the condemned person, and such
``corruption of blood' that he could neither receive
nor transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or
testify in any court, or claim any legal protection or
rights. In England attainders are now abolished, and in
the United States the Constitution provides that no
bill of attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of
treason (in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall
work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during
the life of the person attainted.
2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or
condemnation. [Obs.]
He lived from all attainder of suspect. --Shak.
Bill of attainder, a bill brought into, or passed by, a
legislative body, condemning a person to death or
outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence. EmbattailEmbattail Em*bat"tail, v. t. [See Embattle.]
To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.
[Archaic]
To embattail and to wall about thy cause With
iron-worded proof. --Tennyson. Reattain
Reattain Re`at*tain", v. t.
To attain again.
Reattainment
Reattainment Re`at*tain"ment, n.
The act of reattaining.
Meaning of Attai from wikipedia
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Attai (Arabic: أتاي) is a
village in
western Eritrea. The town is
located in
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situated 4.1
miles from...
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Mohammad Y.
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