attempting

verb

1. 1

   To try.

   “A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top.”

2. 2

   To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.

3. 3

   To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

   “one who attempts the virtue of a woman”

4. 4

   To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

   “to attempt the enemy's camp”