All 3 Uses of
attain
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Not that the yearning for effectual wisdom was quite unmixed; a certain mirage would now and then rise on the desert of the future, in which she seemed to see herself honored for her surprising attainments.†
Chpt 4.3
- And if he should attain to all knowledge, he is yet far off.†
Chpt 4.3 *
- He was master there now; he had half fulfilled his father's dying wish, and by years of steady self-government and energetic work he had brought himself near to the attainment of more than the old respectability which had been the proud inheritance of the Dodsons and Tullivers.†
Chpt 7.1
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort