Definitions for Attempt
əˈtɛmptat·tempt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, trynoun

   earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

   "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

2. attack, attemptverb

   the act of attacking

   "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"

3. try, seek, attempt, essay, assayverb

   make an effort or attempt

   "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

4. undertake, set about, attemptverb

   enter upon an activity or enterprise

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1. attemptnoun

   The action of trying at something.

2. attemptnoun

   An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

3. attemptverb

   To try.

4. Etymology: Late 14th century, from atempter, from attempto, from ad + temptare, more correctly tentare; see tempt.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Attemptnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. An attack.

   If we be always prepared to receive an enemy, we shall long live in peace and quietness, without any attempts upon us. Francis Bacon.

   2. An essay; an endeavour.

   Alack! I am afraid, they have awak’d;
   And ’tis not done, th’ attempt, and not the deed,
   Confounds us. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   He would have cry’d; but hoping that he dreamt,
   Amazement ty’d his tongue, and stopp’d th’ attempt. Dryd.

   I subjoin the following attempt towards a natural history of fossils. John Woodward, on Fossils.

2. To Attemptverb

   Etymology: attenter, Fr.

   1. To attack; to invade; to venture upon.

   He flatt’ring his displeasure,
   Tript me behind, got praises of the king,
   For him attempting who was self-subdu’d. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   Who, in all things wise and just,
   Hinder’d not Satan to attempt the mind
   Of man; with strength entire, and free-will, arm’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   I have been so hardy to attempt upon a name, which among some is yet very sacred. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis, Preface.

   2. To try; to endeavour.

   I have nevertheless attempted to send unto you, for the renewing of brotherhood and friendship. 1 Macc. xii. 17.

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1. Attempt

   An attempt to commit a crime occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime, but for reasons not intended by the criminal, the final resulting crime does not occur. Attempt to commit a particular crime is a crime, usually considered to be of the same or lesser gravity as the particular crime attempted.: 669–671  Attempt is a type of inchoate crime, a crime that is not fully developed. The crime of attempt has two elements, intent and some conduct toward completion of the crime.One group of theories in criminal law is that attempt to commit an act occurs when a person comes dangerously close to carrying out a criminal act, and intends to commit the act, but does not commit it. The person may have carried out all the necessary steps (or thought they had) but still failed, or the attempt may have been abandoned or prevented at a late stage. The attempt must have gone beyond mere planning or preparation, and is distinct from other inchoate offenses such as conspiracy to commit a crime or solicitation of a crime. There are many specific crimes of attempt, such as attempted murder, which may vary by jurisdiction. Punishment is often less severe than would be the case if the attempted crime had been carried out. Abandonment of the attempt may constitute a not guilty defence, depending partly on the extent to which the attempt was abandoned freely and voluntarily. Early common law did not punish attempts; the law of attempt was not recognised by common law until the case of b. Rex v. Scofield in 1784.: 669 The essence of the crime of attempt in legal terms is that the defendant has failed to commit the actus reus (the Latin term for the "guilty act") of the full offense, but has the direct and specific intent to commit that full offense. The normal rule for establishing criminal liability is to prove an actus reus accompanied by a mens rea ("guilty mind") at the relevant time (see concurrence and strict liability offenses as the exception to the rule).

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1. Attemptverb

   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

2. Attemptverb

   to try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt

3. Attemptverb

   to try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman

4. Attemptverb

   to attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp

5. Attemptverb

   to make an attempt; -- with upon

6. Attemptnoun

   a essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort

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1. Attempt

   Attempt in criminal law is an offense that occurs when a person comes dangerously close to carrying out a criminal act, and intends to commit the act, but does not in fact commit it. The person may have carried out all the necessary steps but still failed, or the attempt may have been abandoned or prevented at a late stage. The attempt must have gone beyond mere planning or preparation, and is distinct from other Inchoate offenses such as conspiracy to commit a crime or solicitation of a crime. There are many specific crimes of attempt, such as attempted murder, which may vary by jurisdiction. Punishment is often less severe than would be the case if the attempted crime had been carried out. Abandonment of the attempt may constitute a not guilty defence, depending partly on the extent to which the attempt was abandoned freely and voluntarily. Early common law did not punish attempts; the law of attempt was not recognised by common law until the case of b. Rex v. Scofield in 1784. The essence of the crime of attempt in legal terms is that the defendant has failed to commit the actus reus of the full offense, but has the direct and specific intent to commit that full offense.

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1. Attempt

   at-temt′, v.t. to try or endeavour: to try to obtain: tempt, entice: to make an effort or attack upon.—v.i. to make an attempt or trial.—n. a trial: endeavour or effort: a personal assault: (Milton) temptation: (law) any act which can fairly be described as one of a series which, if uninterrupted and successful, would constitute a crime.—n. Attemptabil′ity.—adj. Attempt′able, that may be attempted.—n. Attempt′er (Milton), a tempter. [O. Fr. atempter—L. attentāre—ad, and tem-pt, tentāre, to try—tendĕre, to stretch.]

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   The numerical value of Attempt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Attempt in a Sentence

1. Jen Psaki:

   Storming the Capitol in an attempt to hold the peaceful transition of power is not legitimate political discourse, neither is attacking and injuring over 140 police officers, smashing windows and defiling offices.

2. Charles Thorson:

   The Islamic State’s attack likely had multiple objectives, including disrupting Charles Thorson at the airport and embarrassing The Taliban as The Taliban tries to distance The Taliban from terrorist groups and portray The Taliban as being capable of providing security throughout the country, the Islamic State attack also probably serves longer-term objectives of driving recruitment and reinvigorating the Islamic State’s image within the global jihadist community amid the group’s downfall in Iraq and Syria, Thorson added. ISIS-K isestimated to have between 2,000 and 3,000 fighters operating in Afghanistan and its ranks swelled with more fighters after prisoners were released when the Afghan government collapsed. Charles Thorson MILITARY ESCAPE FROM AFGHANISTAN : AIR FORCE CREWS DESCRIBE ‘ APOCALYPTIC ’ FINAL SCENES A main gripe of ISIS-K with The Taliban is the deal the group negotiated with United States in Doha. ISIS-K considers the The Taliban traitors for entering into talks with the United States and announced The Taliban intentions to undermine the deal by launching a war against the The Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government. While The Taliban simultaneously waged an insurgency campaign against Afghan forces and negotiated with the U.S., ISIS-K conducted deadly terror attacks on Afghan civilians, an attempt to discredit the The Taliban and drive-up recruitment. The attack from ISIS-K also highlights the internal fissures within The Taliban that will likely grow more profound as The Taliban enter the governing phase of their takeover. The Taliban have, at least rhetorically, struck a more moderate and pragmatic tone from their previous iteration in power 20 years ago. While leadership and spokespersons have remained mild in tone, the The Taliban rank and file are filled with more extremist factions that will be more attracted to the radicalism that ISIS-K espouses. According to Thorson, such a structure is vulnerable to infiltration by more extreme organizations like The Islamic State. Although the The Taliban and Islamic State are enemies, defections from one group to another suggest there may be pockets of sympathy within each group for the other. After all, this is how ISIS-Kformed in 2015, when disaffected remnants of the Pakistani The Taliban and other Jihadist groups split and pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The rupture led to a declaration of war on both sides.

3. Lake Ingle:

   It is my firmest belief that every human being has the freedom and right to identify, dress, and represent oneself as they see fit, i think this is all an attempt to silence my views personally because they contradict the ones she pushes in class so evidently.

4. Amnesty International.Mansoureh Mills:

   We're receiving reports of young people being intentionally shot with metal pellets and other munitions, causing death or horrific injuries. This is the authorities' desperate attempt to brutalize Iranians into submission.

5. Kevin Seifert:

   Democrats are ending this session of Congress as they started it — by advancing partisan priorities and ignoring any issue inconvenient to their political narrative, they want to gaslight Americans into believing there is no crisis on the Southern border. They want to deny the reality of a looming debt crisis, mind-trick people into believing our supply chain issues are fixed, and preemptively thwart any attempt at legitimate Congressional oversight. Rather than find areas of bipartisan consensus, Democrats are instead prioritizing President Biden’s re-election prospects. This isn’t surprising, but it is disappointing.

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