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at·tempt     (ə-těmpt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   at·tempt·ed, at·tempt·ing, at·tempts
  1. To try to perform, make, or achieve: attempted to read the novel in one sitting; attempted a difficult dive.
  2. Archaic To tempt.
  3. Archaic To attack with the intention of subduing.
n.  
  1. An effort or a try.
  2. An attack; an assault: an attempt on someone's life.

[Middle English attempten, from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptāre : ad-, ad- + temptāre, to test.]
at·tempt'a·ble adj., at·tempt'er n.
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