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Word Meanings - REATTAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To attain again.

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  • ATTAIN
    atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See 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. 3. To get
  • AGAINSTAND
    To withstand.
  • AGAINSAY
    To gainsay. Wyclif.
  • ATTAINDER
    Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See 1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an
  • AGAIN
    again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
  • AGAINST
    1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
  • AGAIN; AGAINS
    Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
  • ATTAINMENT
    1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts. The attainment of every desired object. Sir W. Jones. 2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; , mental
  • ATTAINABLE
    1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object. The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life. Addison. 2. Obtainable. country.
  • ATTAINT
    To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone. (more info) ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4,
  • AGAINWARD
    Back again.
  • ATTAINABILITY
    The quality of being attainable; attainbleness.
  • ATTAINTMENT
    Attainder; attainture; conviction.
  • AGAINBUY
    To redeem. Wyclif.
  • ATTAINABLENESS
    The quality of being attainable; attainability.
  • ATTAINTURE
    Attainder; disgrace.
  • THEREAGAIN
    In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
  • REATTAIN
    To attain again.
  • REATTAINMENT
    The act of reattaining.

 

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