achieveth

Verb

achieve (third-person singular simple present achieves, present participle achieving, simple past and past participle achieved)

1. (transitive) To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
   • to achieve one’s goals

   Synonyms:

   compass, fulfil, realize, walk away with

2. (transitive) To gain or obtain (a desired objective, result, etc.) through effort or skill; to succeed in attaining (an objective, result, etc.); to win.
   • And the frenche men entred in a mong the thyckeſt of them⸝ and ſpared no more to flee thẽ [them]⸝ than they had ben dogges⸝ and ſurely they had good cauſe ſo to do. For if yͤ flemynges had achyued the priſe ouer them⸝ they had bene ſerued of the ſame ſauce.1523 February 7 (Gregorian calendar), Johan Froyssart [i.e., Jean Froissart], “Howe the Frenche Men that were Passed the Ryuer of Lyse⸝ Disconfyted the Flemyngꝭ [Flemyngis] and Slewe Many of Thẽ...

   Synonyms:

   attain, compass, get one's hands on, register

3. (transitive, archaic except literary) To obtain (a physical thing); to get.
   • Mon[tano]. But good Leiutenant, is your Generall vviu'd? / [Michael] Caſ[sio]. Moſt fortunately, he hath atchieu'd a maide, / That parragons deſcription, and vvild fame: […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
4. (obsolete, transitive) To end or finish (something); to terminate; (specifically, military) to win (a battle or war).
   • So all theſe thynges tyme acheueth and burieth, but onely trouth, the whiche (of the tyme and of all thynge that is in the tyme) triumpheth, Neyther to be fauoured of the good, nor to be perſecuted of the ylle, may be, but that ſomtyme trouthe may be ſtopped and hydde, but whan it is diſpleaſed...1531 March 20 (date written; Gregorian calendar), [Antonio de Guevara], “The Prologue”, in John Bourcher knyghte Lord Barners [i.e., John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners], transl., The Golden Boke of...

   Synonyms:

   complete, conclude, finalize

5. (intransitive) To attain a goal; to succeed in something, now especially in academic performance; (generally) to make an effort; strive.
   • He could really achieve in school if he worked hard.
6. (archaic, intransitive, literary) Followed by to: to attain a certain position, status, etc.
   • Spitz was a practised fighter. From Spitzbergen through the Arctic, and across Canada and the Barrens, he had held his own with all manner of dogs and achieved to mastery over them.1903 July, Jack London, “The Dominant Primordial Beast”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, pages 93–94

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