attain
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1. attain - Noun
2. attain - Verb
Meaning
To overtake.
To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
Attainment.
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The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose.
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings ... let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity will not attain great prosperity.
Serve even an unbeliever to attain your own ends.
If you don't aspire to great things, you won't attain small things.