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Attained
Attain At*tain" ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of. atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F. atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.] 1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means? --Abp. Tillotson. 2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a material object.] --Chaucer. 3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.] Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller. 4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. ``Canaan he now attains.' --Milton. 5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon. 6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal. Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure. Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object. Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure, which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion. We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by such means.

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- translated into English at the time of writing Henry IV Part 1: They that attaine to honor, are in continuali torment, spightfull or spighted, doing mischiefe...
- to 50 and upwards, gott himself into such armes as they could presently attaine, or could imagine be conduceable for the defence of the towne". "some companies...
- or a Plaine and Easie Introduction Whereby a Man May in Very Short Time Attaine to the Knowledge and Perfection of that Language by Lewis Owen. (1605)...
- proportions that are in vſe: Very necessary for all ſuch that are deſirous to attaine to knowledge in the Art; And may be by practice, if they ſing, ſeone be...
- naturall mans happinesse, wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it. New York: Dutton. Bostridge, Ian (1997). Witchcraft and Its Transformations...
- congregation in Valparaíso in December 1990. After his ordination, he attaine the licentiate degree in theology from the Pontifical Catholic University...
- Philosophers, his excellent effecte & admirable Vertues; and the better to attaine to the Originall & true meanes of Perfection Inriched with Figures representing...
- who haue so laboured heerin, that the vnskilful with small practice may attaine to sing that part which is ****est for their voice. From this it is plain...
- to 50 and upwards, gott himself into such armes as they could presently attaine, or could imagine be conduceable for the defence of the towne". "some companies...
- reading & perusing of them, with a restles and lofty desire, to preas to attaine to the like vertue. (Essayes, C3r) The volume contained James's Scots translation...