Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Aim (-s)
aim (-s), n. [Picard amer, OFr/Provençal esmer, and OFr æsmer < late L. ad-æstimā-re, to estimate.]
- Mission; destination; objective; plan; ambition; purpose; intention; means of accomplishment; way to reach a point.
- Divine direction; heavenly motive; higher power; orderly system; law of the universe.
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