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Attain: Definition and part of speech

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Attain

  1. n. Attainment.
  2. v. t. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
  3. v. t. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
  4. v. t. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
  5. v. t. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
  6. v. t. To overtake.
  7. v. t. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
  8. v. i. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
  9. v. i. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attainable: Definition and part of speech

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Attainable

  1. a. Obtainable.
  2. a. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attache: Definition and part of speech

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Attache

  1. v. t. One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attainder: Definition and part of speech

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Attainder

  1. n. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.
  2. n. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attachment: Definition and part of speech

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Attachment

  1. n. The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
  2. n. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.
  3. n. That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
  4. n. Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
  5. n. A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attainment: Definition and part of speech

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Attainment

  1. n. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.
  2. n. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.