Relating to, characterized by, or of the nature of an attempt; marked by trying or striving.
From 'attempt' plus the suffix -ive (from Latin '-ivus' meaning 'tending to' or 'characterized by'). This is a rare literary or technical adjective form.
'Attemptive' is nearly obsolete, but it survives in legal language—'attemptive crime' refers to trying to commit a crime even if you fail, which revolutionized how law defines culpability.
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