All 4 Uses of
attain
in
Wuthering Heights
- I got a spade from the tool-house, and began to delve with all my might — it scraped the coffin; I fell to work with my hands; the wood commenced cracking about the screws; I was on the point of attaining my object, when it seemed that I heard a sigh from some one above, close at the edge of the grave, and bending down.†
Chpt 29
- 'He is not ENVIOUS, but EMULOUS of your attainments.†
Chpt 31
- I have a single wish, and my whole being and faculties are yearning to attain it.†
Chpt 33
- — I tell you I have nearly attained MY heaven; and that of others is altogether unvalued and uncovered by me.'†
Chpt 34 *
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort