"Attempting" is a word in ENGLISH
of Attempt
If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.
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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad …
Read the complete definitionAny fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured …
Read the complete definitionComing to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
Read the complete definitionA phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
Read the complete definitionAn attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
Read the complete definitionTo direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- …
Read the complete definitionalakoón - What is to be—undertaken,— taken charge of,—seen to,—attempted,—set about; duty, responsibility, burden (to be shouldered). (cf. ákò; palangakóan, …
Read the complete definitionThe plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove …
Read the complete definitionTo attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real …
Read the complete definitionA contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the …
Read the complete definitionOne who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for …
Read the complete definitionAn apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer …
Read the complete definitionAn unlawful attempt or of-fer, on the part of one man, with force or violence, to inflict a bodily hurt …
Read the complete definitionTo try; to attempt; to apply.
Read the complete definitionTrial; attempt; essay.
Read the complete definitionTo attempt, try, or endeavor.
Read the complete definitionTo assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, …
Read the complete definitionTo make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to …
Read the complete definitionTo try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
Read the complete definitionTo try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
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