All 3 Uses of
attain
in
Arrowsmith
- Meanwhile I trust that you other gentlemen, who perhaps lack Mr. Arrowsmith's profound scientific attainments and the power to use such handy technical terms as 'control,' will, merely on my feeble advice, continue to use ichthyol!†
Chpt 5
- He was assailed by inquirers: public health officials, one Dr. Almus Pickerbaugh, a congressman who was said to be popular in Washington, Gustaf Sondelius, and a Martin Arrowsmith who could not (whether because he was too big or too small) quite attain Gottlieb's concentrated indifference.†
Chpt 32
- But she often said that she was never allowed to attain her one ambition: to sit and read.†
Chpt 39 *
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort