attainable.html - v.
1 tr. arrive at; reach (a goal etc.).
2 tr. gain, accomplish (an aim, distinction, etc.).
3 intr. (foll. by to) arrive at by conscious development or effort.

attainable adj. attainability n. attainableness n. [ME f. AF atain-, atein-, OF ataign- stem of ataindre f. L attingere (as AD-, tangere touch)]

attainable.html - n.
hist. the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony.

act (or bill) of attainder an item of legislation inflicting attainder without judicial process. [ME f. AF, = OF ateindre ATTAIN used as noun: see -ER(6) )]

attainable.html - n.
1 (often in pl.) something attained or achieved; an accomplishment.
2 the act or an instance of attaining.

attainable.html - v.tr.
1 hist. subject to attainder.
2 a (of disease etc.) strike, affect. b taint. [ME f. obs. attaint (adj.) f. OF ataint, ateint past part. formed as ATTAIN: confused in meaning with TAINT]

attainable.html - v.
1 tr. arrive at; reach (a goal etc.).
2 tr. gain, accomplish (an aim, distinction, etc.).
3 intr. (foll. by to) arrive at by conscious development or effort.

attainable adj. attainability n. attainableness n. [ME f. AF atain-, atein-, OF ataign- stem of ataindre f. L attingere (as AD-, tangere touch)]

attainable.html - n.
hist. the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of a sentence of death for treason or felony.

act (or bill) of attainder an item of legislation inflicting attainder without judicial process. [ME f. AF, = OF ateindre ATTAIN used as noun: see -ER(6) )]