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Entry :: Entry (n.) The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking..

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

Attentat :: Attentat (n.) An attempt; an assault.

Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..

Ineffectual :: Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient..

Counterplot :: Counterplot (v. t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem..

Hazardize :: Hazardize (n.) A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard.

Tribune :: Tribune (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..

Snatch :: Snatch (v. i.) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope..

Reattempt :: Reattempt (v. t.) To attempt again.

Miscorrect :: Miscorrect (v. t.) To fail or err in attempting to correct.

Attempt :: Attempt (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort..

Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..

Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion..

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..

Copy :: Copy (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life..

Endeavor :: Endeavor (v. t.) To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury..

Quest :: Quest (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc..

Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court..

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