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attempt definition

at·tempt (ə tempt′)

transitive verb

  1. to make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor
  2. Archaic to tempt

Etymology: ME attempten < OFr attempter < L attemptare, to try, solicit < ad-, to + temptare, to try: see tempt

noun

  1. a try
  2. an attack, as on a person's life

Related Forms:

attempt Idioms

attempt the life of

to try to kill

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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