(1):
(v. t.) To overtake.
(2):
(v. t.) To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
(3):
(n.) Attainment.
(4):
(v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
(5):
(v. i.) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
(6):
(v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
(7):
(v. t.) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
(8):
(v. t.) To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
(9):
(v. t.) To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.