- (v.i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon.
- (v.t.) To try to win, subdue or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
- (v.t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
- (n.) A essay, trial or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack or an effort to gain a point; especially an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
- (v.t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions or by temptations; to tempt.
- (v.t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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