To attempt, try. Const. to with inf.

intransitive. To endeavour (also: to connive, conspire) to do something; to expend effort, strive for something, or unto an end; to use means, take…

intransitive or with infinitive. To make the attempt, to endeavour (the issue being conceived as uncertain); to do one's best. Generally with infin…

Chiefly with to-infinitive or for. intransitive. To strive or endeavour strenuously to accomplish something or achieve some end. Cf. labour, v. 4a.

to put oneself in press: to exert oneself, put oneself forward; to strive or undertake to do something (cf. press, v.1 10). Obsolete.

To exert oneself in order to achieve an object or attain a goal; to endeavour; to strive. intransitive. Frequently with for. Obsolete.

intransitive. To try, to make an attempt. Obsolete.

transitive. To resolve or seek to ensure that something happens or is the case. Obsolete.

intransitive. To make an effort, strive or try to do something; to make a shift; to take precautions against. Scottish and dialect.

Const. with preposition. to try for, to attempt to obtain or find (an object), or to reach (a place). to try at, to make an attempt upon, endeavour…

intransitive. To make an attempt; to engage in an undertaking, embark upon an endeavour; to work towards a goal. Also with on, upon. Now rare.

to make an attempt, †to give attempt: to make an effort, to try (to do a thing).

to give the venture, to make the attempt.

intransitive. To set oneself to do something; to try, strive, essay. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To attempt, to try.

reflexive †To exert oneself in, upon (obsolete); to take measures, frame one's conduct with a view to effecting a purpose or gaining an object…

intransitive. To make an attempt.

to bring (also carry, drive,etc.) one's pigs to market: to try to do business or get results; to succeed in realizing one's potential. to bring on…

In phr.: to have (or takeor give) a crack, to make an attempt, or trial; to ‘have a shot’ or ‘go’. colloquial (originally U.S.).

Chiefly U.S. colloquial. An attempt; (also) a result, outcome or conclusion (of an undertaking). Frequently to make an out: to achieve a result. Cf…

Australian and New Zealand. to go to market: (a) (of a horse) to buck; (b) (of a person) to behave angrily, become angry.

Also birl. An attempt, a try, a test; esp. in to give it a burl, to make an attempt. Australian and New Zealand colloquial.

In various slang uses: (a) an attempt, esp. in to have a bash (at); (b) a good time; a spree; a party (see quot. 1948, Amer. Speech) U.S.; on the bash…