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To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.transitive
- to achieve one’s goals
- Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.
- 2
To gain or obtain (a desired objective, result, etc.) through effort or skill; to succeed in attaining (an objective, result, etc.); to win.transitive
- VVhy ſome are borne great, ſome atchieue greatneſſe, and ſome haue greatneſſe throvvne vpon them.
- Thou haſt atchiev'd our libertie, confin'd / VVithin Hell Gates till novv, thou us impovv'rd / To fortifie thus farr, and overlay / VVithin this portentous Bridge the dark Abyſs.
- 3
To obtain (a physical thing); to get.transitive
- 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: […]
- [U]s hitherto this Corner and ſecret receſſe hath defended, novv the Vttermoſt point of our Land is laid open: and things the leſſe they haue beene vvithin knovvledge, the greater the glorie is to atchieue them.
- 4
To end or finish (something); to terminate; (specifically, military) to win (a battle or war).obsoletetransitive
- Bid them atchieue me, and then ſell my bones. / Good God, vvhy ſhould they mock good fellovvs thus? / The man that once did ſell the Lions skin, / VVhile the beaſt liued, vvas kild vvith hunting him.
- Full many Countreyes they did ouerronne, / From the vpriſing to the ſetting Sunne, / And many hard aduentures did atchieue; […]
- 5
To attain a goal; to succeed in something, now especially in academic performance; (generally) to make an effort; strive.intransitive
- He could really achieve in school if he worked hard.
- 6
Followed by to: to attain a certain position, status, etc.archaicintransitiveliterary
- 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.
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To come to an end; conclude, end; also, to result, to turn out; or (uncommon) to be affected by fate in a certain way.intransitiveobsolete
- For god knoweth⸝ and ſo doth all other good townes⸝ that ye be ĩ [in] the ryght of this warre. Wherfore all your buſynes ſhall acheue the better.
syn. accomplish · acquire · attain · catch · earn · fulfill · gain · get · get one's hands on · land · obtain · reach
ant. lose · miss