Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AT-TAIN-MENT
AT-TAIN-MENT, n.
- The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence the act of obtaining by efforts; as, the attainment of excellence.
- That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; as, a man of great attainments.
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