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Definition
to gain or reach something with effort
- I will say nothing to add to his anxieties, but I will take my own steps to attain my own end.Chapter 10 — Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson (21% in)
There are no more uses of "attain" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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