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(1):

(v. i.) 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.

(2):

(v. i.) 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.

(3):

(v. i.) To guess or conjecture.

(4):

(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).

(5):

(v. i.) 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.

(6):

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

(7):

(v. i.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme.

(8):

(v. i.) Conjecture; guess.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aim'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/aim.html. 1828.
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