Let us try . . . to found a path.
Milton.
To try on. (a) To put on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits
the person. (b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] Dickens.
Syn. — To attempt; endeavor; strive; aim; examine. — Try, Attempt. To
try is the generic, to attempt is the specific, term. When we try, we
are usually uncertain as to success; when we attempt, we have always
some definite object in view which we seek to accomplish. We may be
indifferent as to the result of a trial, but we rarely attempt anything
without a desire to succeed.
He first deceased: she for a little tried To live without him; liked it
not, and died.
Sir H. Wotton.
Alack, I am afraid they have a waked, And 't is not done. The attempt,
and not the deed, Confounds us.
Shak.
Try (?), v. i. 1. To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or
an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.