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v. t.
To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
superl.
Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
n.
Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
n.
One who attempts; one who essays anything.
n.
An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.
n.
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
v. t.
To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
n.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
n.
An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
n.
A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
a.
Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
v. t.
To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
v. t.
To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
a.
Disposed to attempt; adventurous.
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Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded.
v. i.
To make an attempt; -- with upon.
v. t.
To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
imp. & p. p.
of Attempt
v. i.
To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Attempt
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