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Definition of: attain
(ə·tān′) v.t.
1. To achieve, accomplish or gain, as a desired purpose or state.
2. To come to, as in time; arrive at: He attained a ripe old age.
—to attain to To arrive at with effort; succeed in reaching: Few men have attained to power such as his. [<OF ataindre <L attingere reach < ad- to + tangere touch]
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