attempted
/əˈtɛmptɪd/ adjective B1- Tried, with the connotation of failure. · She is facing jail time for attempted robbery.· an attempted coup
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Jane and Elizabeth attempted to explain to her the nature of an entail.
They had often attempted it before: but it was a subject on which Mrs.
Wickham, his cruelty towards whom he had not attempted to deny, soon overcame the pity which the consideration of his attachment had for a moment excited.
“That it ought not to be attempted.
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