Definition of aim

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Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well..

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Disclaim :: Disclaim (v. t.) To deny, as a claim; to refuse..
Maimedness :: Maimedness (n.) State of being maimed.
Crier :: Crier (n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier..
Disclaimer :: Disclaimer (n.) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate..
Tend :: Tend (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction..
Credential :: Credential (a.) Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
Aimer :: Aimer (n.) One who aims, directs, or points..
Money-making :: Money-making (a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man..
Credence :: Credence (n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
Hollo :: Hollo (interj.) To call out or exclaim; to halloo. This form is now mostly replaced by hello.
Haranguer :: Haranguer (n.) One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer..
Kleptomania :: Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..
At :: At (prep.) Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at..
Antirenter :: Antirenter (n.) One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
Yield :: Yield (v. t.) To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc..
Subjected :: Subject (n.) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent..
Tacking :: Tacking (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
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