Achievance
(A*chiev"ance) n. [Cf. OF. achevance.] Achievement. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Achieve
(A*chieve") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Achieved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Achieving ] [OE. acheven, OF. achever, achiever, F. achever, to finish; à (L. ad) + OF. chief, F. chef, end, head, fr. L. caput head. See Chief.]

1. To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; — as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it.
I. Taylor.

2. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness.
Shak.

Thou hast achieved our liberty.
Milton.

[[Obs]., with a material thing as the aim.]

Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
Prior.

He hath achieved a maid
That paragons description.
Shak.

3. To finish; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — To accomplish; effect; fulfill; complete; execute; perform; realize; obtain. See Accomplish.

Achievement
(A*chieve"ment) n. [Cf. F. achèvement, E. Hatchment.]

1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.

[The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.
Barrow.

The highest achievements of the human intellect.
Macaulay.

3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans.

Achiever
(A*chiev"er) n. One who achieves; a winner.

Achillean
(Ach`il*le"an) a. Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

Achilles' tendon
(A*chil"les' ten"don) n. [L. Achillis tendo.] (Anat.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; — so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.

Achilous
(A*chi"lous) a. [Gr. 'a priv. + lip.] (Bot.) Without a lip.

Aching
(Ach"ing) a. That aches; continuously painful. See Ache.Ach"ing*ly, adv.

The aching heart, the aching head.
Longfellow.


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