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   attain

   /əˈteɪn/

   verb

   • 1. succeed in achieving (something that one has worked for): "clarify your objectives and ways of attaining them"
   • ▪ reach (a specified age, size, or amount): "dolphins can attain speeds in water which man cannot yet emulate"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘bring to justice’ and ‘reach a state’): from Old French ateindre, from Latin attingere, from ad- ‘at, to’ + tangere ‘to touch’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • A

     1

   • T

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   • T

     1

   • A

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   • I

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   • N

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