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Traditional English :: attain
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attainableness.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)] |
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Traditional English :: attainder
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attainableness.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) )] |
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Traditional English :: attainment
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attainableness.html - n.
1 (often in pl.) something attained or achieved; an accomplishment.
2 the act or an instance of attaining. |
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Traditional English :: attaint
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attainableness.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] |
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Traditional English :: attain
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attainableness.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)] |
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Traditional English :: attainder
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attainableness.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) )] |
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