attempted

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attempt/əˈtempt/

▶verb make an effort to achieve or complete.

■ try to climb to the top of (a mountain).

▶noun an act of attempting.

■ a bid to kill someone.

– derivatives
attemptable adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. attempter, from L. attemptare, from ad- ‘to’ + temptare ‘to tempt’.