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reattain

verb
/ɹiːəˈteɪn/

Etymology

From re- + attain.

  1. derived from *teh₂g-✻ — “to grasp; to touch”
  2. derived from attingere
  3. derived from *attangere✻
  4. derived from ataindre
  5. derived from ataindre
  6. inherited from atteinen
  7. prefixed as reattain — “re + attain”

Definitions

  1. To attain again.

    • On balance, it would seem fair to say that the standards of 1939 were about equalled, being not yet reattained in some respects but excelled in others.
    • While the Deutsche Bundesbahn has not reattained the pre-eminence in European railway speed that the German railways enjoyed before the 1939-1945 war, speeds in that country are steadily moving upwards [...].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA