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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Aim v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aimed p. pr. & vb. n. Aiming.]
 1. 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. 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?   --Pope.
 3. To guess or conjecture. [Obs.]