Definition of aim

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Aim (v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected..

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Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
Daimio :: Daimio (n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Lower :: Lower (a.) To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim..
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Eviction :: Eviction (n.) The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster..
Maimedly :: Maimedly (adv.) In a maimed manner.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod..
Corrival :: Corrival (a.) Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to..
Disclaim :: Disclaim (v. t.) To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject..
End :: End (n.) The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends..
Enunciate :: Enunciate (v. t.) To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth..
Canceleer :: Canceleer (n.) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop..
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..
Retention :: Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien..
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