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attainable

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at·tain  (-tn)
v. at·tained, at·tain·ing, at·tains
v.tr.
1. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work.
2. To arrive at, as by virtue of persistence or the passage of time. See Synonyms at reach.
v.intr.
To succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression: attained to high office; eventually attained to wisdom.

[Middle English atteignen, from Old French ataindre, ataign-, to reach to, from Vulgar Latin *attangere, from Latin attingere : ad-, ad- + tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

at·taina·bili·ty, at·taina·ble·ness n.
at·taina·ble adj.
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Adj.1.attainable - capable of being attained or accomplished; "choose an attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study"
possible - capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

attainable


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Yet these poems are as perfect as possible in structure; each is, in the highest degree attainable, an imitation of a single action.
For now, since by many prolonged, repeated experiences, I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of attainable felicity; not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side, the country; now that I have perceived all this, I am ready to squeeze case eternally.
The opinions which we form upon these subjects must depend upon one common principle: for if what I have said in my treatise on Morals is true, a happy life must arise from an uninterrupted course of virtue; and if virtue consists in a certain medium, the middle life must certainly be the happiest; which medium is attainable [1295b] by every one.
 
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