reattain

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at⋅tain

[uh-teyn]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.

2.	to come to or arrive at, esp. after some labor or tedium; reach: to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually fol. by to or unto): to attain to knowledge.

4.	to reach in the course of development or growth: These trees attain to remarkable height.

Origin:
1300–50; ME atei(g)nen < AF, OF ateign- (s. of ateindre) < VL *attangere (for L attingere), equiv. to L at- at- + tangere to touch

Related forms:

at⋅tain⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. secure. See gain ¹ .

Antonyms:
1, 2. miss.

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attain

c.1300, "to succeed in reaching," from stem of O.Fr. ataindre, from L. attingere "to touch, to arrive at," from ad- "to" + tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Attainment "personal accomplishment" is from 1680.

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