Definition of attain

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Attain (v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest..

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Essential :: Essential (a.) Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
Attaining :: Attaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attai.
Attain :: Attain (n.) Attainment.
Point :: Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Peepul Tree :: Peepul tree () A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree..
Fetch :: Fetch (v. t.) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected..
Mysticism :: Mysticism (n.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained..
Perfection :: Perfection (n.) The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection..
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Rising :: Rising (a.) Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon..
Endeavor :: Endeavor (n.) An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain..
Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag..
Content :: Content (n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil..
Attain :: Attain (v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried..
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