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verb (used with object)
1.
to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
2.
Archaic. to attack; move against in a hostile manner: to attempt a person's life.
3.
Archaic. to tempt.
noun
4.
an effort made to accomplish something: He made an attempt to swim across the lake.
5.
an attack or assault: an attempt upon the leader's life.
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Attempts
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French atempter < Latin attemptāre to test, tamper with. See at-, tempt
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French atempter < Latin attemptāre to test, tamper with. See at-, tempt
Related forms
at·tempt·a·bil·i·ty, noun
at·tempt·a·ble, adjective
at·tempt·er, noun
qua·si-at·tempt, verb
re·at·tempt, verb (used with object)
EXPANDun·at·tempt·a·ble, adjective
un·at·tempt·ed, adjective
un·at·tempt·ing, adjective
well-at·tempt·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
attempt
early 15c., from O.Fr. attempter (14c.), earlier atenter "to try, attempt, test," from L. attemptare "to try" (cf. It. attentare, Port. attentar, Sp. atentar), from ad- "to, upon" + temptare "to try" (see tempt). The noun is first recorded 1530s.
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