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attempter|əˈtɛmtə(r)|
Also 6–7 -or, -our.
[f. as prec. + -er1; or a. OF. (14th c.) attempteur.]
1. One who attempts or essays anything.
1598Florio, Saggiatore..an attempter, a tryer. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. Pref., The exceeding difficulty, which..the obscurity of the subject..must often put upon the attemptor. 1798W. Taylor in Month. Rev. XXVI. 247 An attempter of Italian comedy. 1837Dickens Pickw. (1842) II. 73 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. Obs.
1580Sidney Arcad. (1622) 184 They resisted, and by our helpe draue away, or slue those murdering attempters. 1581W. Lambarde Eiren. ii. vii. (1588) 265 If upon an attempt of Burghlarie..the attemptors take it [the money] away..it is a full and complete Burghlarie. 1609tr. Sir T. Smith's Commw. Eng. 133 Such an attemptour hath had warning..of the danger, into which hee falleth by such attempt. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 602 The attempter of thy Father's throne, And thief of Paradise. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xviii. 29. 1748 ― Clarissa (1811) III. 273 It would be a miracle if she stood such an attempter.
†3. A tempter. Obs.
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. (1851) 207 Which his conscious attempters doubtlesse apprehended sooner then his other auditors. 1665–9Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. i. (1675) 170 Instead of looking upon the attempter as his Friend. |