Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attainable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Attainable \At*tain"a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the
mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished
by efforts directed to the object.

The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this
life. --Addison.

2. Obtainable. [Obs.]

General Howe would not permit the purchase of those
articles [clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and
they were not attainable in the country. --Marshall.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

attainable
adj : capable of being attained or accomplished; "choose an
attainable goal"; "art is not something that is
come-at-able by dint of study" [syn: {come-at-able}, {gettable},
{getable}]


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