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| at·tempt [ ə témpt ] |
transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle at·tempt·ed, present participle at·tempt·ing, 3rd person present singular at·tempts) |
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try to do something: to try to do something, especially without much expectation of success
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noun (plural at·tempts) |
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1. effort to do something: an act of trying to do something
  a successful attempt at cooking
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2. attack: an attack or assault
an attempt on her life
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| [14th century. Via Old French< Latin attemptare "try for" < temptare "to try, test"] |
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| at·tempt·a·ble adjective |
| at·tempt·er noun |
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