attain

1. v. t. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. Source: opted

2. v. t. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. Source: opted

3. v. t. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. Source: opted

4. v. t. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. Source: opted

5. v. t. To overtake. Source: opted

6. v. t. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal. Source: opted

7. v. i. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach. Source: opted

8. v. i. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind. Source: opted

9. n. Attainment. Source: opted

10. v. to gain with effort Source: wordnet

11. v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level Source: wordnet

12. v. find unexpectedly Source: wordnet

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