Meanings
verb
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of attempt
For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.
1977, J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, The Silmarilion, 2 edition, Del Rey, →ISBN, Ainulindalë, page 6
Origin
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