attemptern.

/əˈtɛmtə/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -or, -our.

Etymology: Formed as attempted adj. + -er suffix¹; or < Old French (14th cent.) attempteur.

1. One who attempts or essays anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts

assayera1398

enterpriser1490

offerer1581

endeavourer1586

attempter1598

essayer1611

essayist1736

trier1891

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Saggiatore..an attempter, a tryer.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pref. The exceeding difficulty, which..the obscurity of the subject..must often put upon the attemptor .

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 26 247 An attempter of Italian comedy.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 358 Any attempt..will recoil on the head of the attempter.

†2. One who makes a violent or criminal attempt (against a person, institution, etc.), an assailant; one who attempts the virtue of a woman. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who

assailera1400

assailant1523

attemptera1586

onsetter1588

grassator1602

undergoer1612

attacker1664

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > attempt at > one who

attemptera1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxii. sig. Dd1^v They resisted, and by our help draue away, or slue those murdering attempters.

1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 265 If vpon an attempt of Burghlarie..the attemptors take it [the money] away..it is a full and complete Burghlarie.

1609 Sir T. Smith's Common-wealth (rev. ed.) 133 Such an attemptour hath had warning..of the danger, into which hee falleth by such attempt.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 599 Th' Attempter of thy Fathers Throne, And Thief of Paradise.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xviii. 29.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlix. 244 It would be a miracle if she stood such an attempter.

†3. A tempter. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > temptation > one who tempts

fander1340

temptera1380

temptatora1492

attempter1645

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 43 Which his conscious attempters doubtlesse apprehended sooner then his other auditors.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. i. sig. Aa3 Instead of looking upon the Attempter as his Friend.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	attempter
释义	attemptern. /əˈtɛmtə/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -or, -our. Etymology: Formed as attempted adj. + -er suffix¹; or < Old French (14th cent.) attempteur. 1. One who attempts or essays anything. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts assayera1398 enterpriser1490 offerer1581 endeavourer1586 attempter1598 essayer1611 essayist1736 trier1891 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Saggiatore..an attempter, a tryer. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pref. The exceeding difficulty, which..the obscurity of the subject..must often put upon the attemptor . View more context for this quotation 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 26 247 An attempter of Italian comedy. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 358 Any attempt..will recoil on the head of the attempter. †2. One who makes a violent or criminal attempt (against a person, institution, etc.), an assailant; one who attempts the virtue of a woman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who assailera1400 assailant1523 attemptera1586 onsetter1588 grassator1602 undergoer1612 attacker1664 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > attempt at > one who attemptera1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxii. sig. Dd1^v They resisted, and by our help draue away, or slue those murdering attempters. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 265 If vpon an attempt of Burghlarie..the attemptors take it [the money] away..it is a full and complete Burghlarie. 1609 Sir T. Smith's Common-wealth (rev. ed.) 133 Such an attemptour hath had warning..of the danger, into which hee falleth by such attempt. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 599 Th' Attempter of thy Fathers Throne, And Thief of Paradise. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xviii. 29. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlix. 244 It would be a miracle if she stood such an attempter. †3. A tempter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > temptation > one who tempts fander1340 temptera1380 temptatora1492 attempter1645 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 43 Which his conscious attempters doubtlesse apprehended sooner then his other auditors. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. i. sig. Aa3 Instead of looking upon the Attempter as his Friend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1586
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