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    [Verb]  | "at*tempt" | \ ə-ˈtem(p)t \


    1: to make an effort to do, accomplish, solve, or effect

    2: tempt

    3: to try to subdue or take by force : attack


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- + temptare to touch, try {mat|tempt|};

    [Noun]  | "attempt" 


    1: the act or an instance of trying to do or accomplish something : an act or instance of attempting something; often : an unsuccessful effort

    2: something resulting from or representing an attempt

    3: attack, assault


    Origin: circa 1534 ;

     See: {attempt:1 };

    [Noun]  | "attempts" 


    1: an effort to do or accomplish something;


      * e.g., " ... it took several attempts before we made good ice cream with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer "



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    2: the act or action of setting upon with force or violence;


      * e.g., " ... several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official "



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    [Noun]  | "attempt" 


    1: an effort to do or accomplish something;


      * e.g., " ... it took several attempts before we made good ice cream with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer "



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    2: the act or action of setting upon with force or violence;


      * e.g., " ... several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official "



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    [Verb]  | "attempts" 


    1: to make an effort to do;


      * e.g., " ... after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help "



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    [Verb]  | "attempt" 


    1: to make an effort to do;


      * e.g., " ... after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help "



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     [ "attemptation" ]

    1: The attempt of tempting another.

      * e.g.,  ...  Attemptation always makes me swing one way or the other. 

     [ "Attempted" ]

    1: A short way of saying someone failed a suicide attempt Usually used by the person who made the attempt but not always.

      * e.g.,  ... Person a: I haven’t seen Cassie in school lately Person b: yeah, she attempted two weeks ago. 

     [ "attemption" ]

    1: the act of making an attempt

      * e.g.,  ... My class made many attemptions to complete their work. 

     [ "Attempt 151" ]

    1: The run where Jan from PokemonChallenges (twitch.tv/PokemonChallenges) beat Pokemon Emerald Kaizo! Also known as the Mythical or Mew run, it produced a lot of Pokemon that were crucial to beating gym leaders, bosses, the Elite Four and Champion.

      * e.g.,  ... "Attempt 151 is the run." 

     [ "suicide attempt" ]

    1: the worse feeling to have is to wake up after hoping to die and thinking that you cant accomplish anything, even the death of yourself

      * e.g.,  ... wakes up cries 

     [ "A beaver attempt" ]

    1: To attempt to give a ladies pleasure parts some horizontal refreshment, only to discover that it is far to hairy and looks like Bob marley in a leglock, thus you calling a taxi and going home.

      * e.g.,  ... Bloke in pub: Here mate went for a beaver attempt with this lass last night only to discover i needed to get the council in to trim her bush. 

     [ "Desperado Attempt" ]

    1: A desperado attempt is where you would do almost anything to win. Normally used for gaming puposes. It's like breaking the fourth wall (by cheating) in order to win.

      * e.g.,  ... Kyle: Time for my Desperado Attempt! 


     [ "Desperado Attempt" ]

    2: Say you are VS your friend in a fighting game. The desperado attempt would be if you would slam your shoulder into your friend so they would stop attacking you, and you kill them or even the odds for the win.

      * e.g.,  ... *Hits Matt in the shin via foot* 

     [ "A beaver attempt" ]

    1: a pathetic attempt at oral sex. (i.e. it was bad)

      * e.g.,  ... Gregorious made a beaver attempt on his cousin. 


     [ "A beaver attempt" ]

    2: OR


     [ "A beaver attempt" ]

    3: a failed attempt at getting some.

     [ "Do not attempt" ]

    1: All the more reason to actually attempt yourself.

      * e.g.,  ... TV: Warning this stunt is performed by trained professionals. Do not attempt. 

     [ "Attempted Suicide" ]

    1: Suicide is killing yourself. It is usually because you hate yourself or you are mad or something bad happened to you. Attempted suicide is when you try to kill yourself but something gets in the way. One way of getting stopped from suicide is that someone convinces you to not do whatever you were planning on doing. This is still attempted suicide. Attempted suicide can still hurt you in ways that aren't like you had expected.

      * e.g.,  ... A girl is thinking of cutting open her wrists and killing herself. Her best friends find out by "accidently" reading her diary. Then they tell her everything that would affect their lives if she died and they talked her out of it. Then she is considered a person that has attempted suicide. 

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