Definition of attain

• v. t. - To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
• v. t. - To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
• v. t. - To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
• v. t. - To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
• v. t. - To overtake.
• v. t. - To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
• v. i. - To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
• v. i. - To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
• n. - Attainment.
• v. t. - To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
• v. t. - To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
• v. t. - To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
• v. t. - To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
• v. t. - To overtake.
• v. t. - To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
• v. i. - To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
• v. i. - To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
• n. - Attainment.