Definition of attain

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Attain (v. t.) To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.

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Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To miss of attaining; to lose.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
Huso :: Huso (n.) A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen..
Chemistry :: Chemistry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecul
Attainability :: Attainability (n.) The quality of being attainable; attainableness.
Essential :: Essential (a.) Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
Tantalism :: Tantalism (n.) A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable; tantalization.
Hit :: Hit (v. t.) To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.
Arrival :: Arrival (n.) The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, Help me scale yon balcony..
Success :: Success (n.) The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.
Theosophy :: Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the
Master :: Master (n.) One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art..
Goal :: Goal (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain..
Sequoia :: Sequoia (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the big tree of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height..
Gain :: Gain (n.) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor..
Attain :: Attain (v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest..
Attain :: Attain (v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind..
Reattainment :: Reattainment (n.) The act of reattaining.
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..
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