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   at·tempt

   /əˈtem(p)t/

   verb

   • 1. make an effort to achieve or complete (something, typically a difficult task or action): "she attempted a comeback in 1989"
   • ▪ try to climb to the top of (a mountain): "the group's next plan was to attempt Everest"
   • ▪ try to take (a life): "he would not have attempted the life of a friend"

   noun

   • 1. an act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed: "an attempt to halt the bombings"
   • ▪ an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain: "we made an attempt on the southwest buttress"
   • ▪ a bid to kill someone: "Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar's life"
   • ▪ a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something: "her first attempt at a letter ended up in the wastebasket"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- ‘to’ + temptare ‘to tempt’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. attemptable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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