vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.]
1. The action of getting at by continued effort; reaching, acquiring.
1570. Ascham, Scholem. (Arb.), 95. For the … perfit atteyning of any tong.
1638. Sanderson, Serm., II. 121. To the more ready attaining to this Christian unanimity.
1875. B. Taylor, Faust, I. iii. 52. Lo! it waits for thy attaining!
2. That which is attained; an attainment.
1615. Daniel, Queens Arcad. (1717), 161. Our Longings never stay With our Attainings, but they go beyond.
