wellattempted
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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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)
un·at·tempt·a·ble, adjective
un·at·tempt·ed, adjective
un·at·tempt·ing, adjective
well-at·tempt·ed, adjective
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attempt (əˈtɛmpt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try |
| 2. | to try to surmount (an obstacle) |
| 3. | to try to climb: they will attempt the north wall of the Eiger |
| 4. | archaic to attack |
| 5. | archaic to tempt |
| —n | |
| 6. | an endeavour to achieve something; effort |
| 7. | a result of an attempt or endeavour |
| 8. | an attack, esp with the intention to kill: an attempt on his life |
| [C14: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptāre to strive after, from tentāre to try] | |
| usage Attempt should not be used in the passive when followed by an infinitive: attempts were made to find a solution (not a solution was attempted to be found) | |
| at'temptable | |
| —adj | |
| at'tempter | |
| —n | |
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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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