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noun

Aim n.

The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. "Each at the head leveled his deadly aim."

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. "To be the aim of every dangerous shot."

Intention; purpose; design; scheme. "How oft ambitious aims are crossed!"

Conjecture; guess. (Obs.) "What you would work me to, I have some aim."

To cry aim (Archery), to encourage. (Obs.)

Synonyms: End; object; scope; drift; design; purpose; intention; scheme; tendency; aspiration.

verb

Aim v. t. To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).

Aim v. i. (past & past part. aimed; pres. part. aiming)

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. "Aim'st thou at princes?"

To guess or conjecture. (Obs.)

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"Aim" Quotes from Famous Books

... me, not anticipating any danger, that for quite ten seconds I was unable to get out my pistol. I tore the garment open just in time, for already he was pressing you against the accursed altar with his spear poised. I didn't waste any time finding my aim, but even as it was the iron point had touched you when the bullet crashed through his brain. The shock swerved the weapon a little and you were only wounded in the shoulder. You got a scratch which might have been serious but for your Arctic ...

— A Columbus of Space • Garrett P. Serviss

... rifle with steady hand and took deliberate aim. It was well he did, for had he failed both he and Bickford would have been in ...

— Joe's Luck - Always Wide Awake • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... random shot, Or aim'd maliciously,—tho' Fame says not— Certain his soul (the Knight so crack'd his crown) Fled from his body; but which way it went, Or whether Friars' souls fly up, or down, Remains ...

— Broad Grins • George Colman, the Younger

... directed his secretary to submit to him without delay the draft of a tactful letter to the anxious nobleman. They were agreed that a Prince was more to be desired than a Count and, as long as they were actually about it, they might as well aim high. Somewhat hazily Mr. Blithers had Inquired if it wouldn't be worth while to consider a King, but his wife set him ...

— The Prince of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

... yours is not a dignified position in life, however you may argue that hundreds of people in the world are doing like you. O me! what a confession it is, in the very outset of life and blushing brightness of youth's morning, to own that the aim with which a young girl sets out, and the object of her existence, is to marry a rich man; that she was endowed with beauty so that she might buy wealth, and a title with it; that as sure as she has a soul to be saved, her business here on earth is to try and get ...

— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

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