attempting

verb

1. To try.“A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top.”
2. To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
3. To try to win, subdue, or overcome.“one who attempts the virtue of a woman”
4. To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.“to attempt the enemy's camp”