Both Uses
attain
in
The Old Man and the Sea
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- He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility.
p. 13.9 *attained = achieved (gained with effort)
- But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.†
p. 14.1attained = gained or reached something with effort
Definitions:
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(1)
(attain) to gain or reach something with effort
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)