To gain (an object or desired result).
To attain such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day.
To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
[…] my bones would rest, / That have but labour’d to attain this hour.
From Middle English atteynen, from Anglo-Norman ataindre, from Old French, from Latin attingō. Doublet of attainder and attinge.
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