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straining
English
Pronunciation
Verb
straining
- present participle of strain
Noun
straining (plural strainings)
- The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)
- sundry violent gaspings and strainings
- filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.
- 1931, John de Boer, The Theory of Knowledge of the Cambridge Platonists (page 64)
- Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.
- 1931, John de Boer, The Theory of Knowledge of the Cambridge Platonists (page 64)
Translations
Anagrams
- trainings
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attempt
English
Etymology
Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attempt? (“I try, solicit”), from ad (“to”) + temptare, more correctly tentare (“to try”); see tempt.The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?mpt/
- Rhymes: -?mpt
Verb
attempt (third-person singular simple present attempts, present participle attempting, simple past and past participle attempted)
- To try.
- I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.
- to attempt an escape from prison
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Village Blacksmith
- Something attempted, something done, / Has earned a night's repose.
- (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- Yet since I see you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor persuasion can with ease attempt you, I will go further than I meant, to pluck all fears out of you.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
- one who attempts the virtue of a woman
- (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
- to attempt the enemy's camp
- 1830, John Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic
- without attempting his adversary's life
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- take a stab at, take a run at
Translations
Noun
attempt (plural attempts)
- The action of trying at something. [1530]
- We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage.
- This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
- It was worth the attempt.
- No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.
- An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. [1580]
- 1584 No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "attempt": first, failed, desperate, last, half-hearted, unsuccessful, serious, successful, feeble, new, honest, vain, sincere, ambitious, earnest, clumsy, direct, hard, brilliant, official, useless, clever, sophisticated, amateurish.
Synonyms
- effort
- try
Translations
Further reading
- attempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- attempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- attempt at OneLook Dictionary Search
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