attempt

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''I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.''

''to attempt an escape from prison''

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{{quote-text|en|year=1842|author=Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|title=The Village Blacksmith
(quote-journal)
To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
(RQ:Shakespeare Measure)
(RQ:Tennyson Idylls)
To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice)
To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
{{quote-text|en|year=1830|author=John Motley|title=The Rise of the Dutch Republic
The action of trying at something. (defdate)

''We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage.''

''This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.''

''It was worth the attempt.''

''No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.''

An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. (defdate)
1584 ''No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm.'' (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)