See atchieve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "VVhatever Men vvould undertake from a Paſſion to Glory, vvhatever they vvould do for the Service of their Country, this Youth has a Mind prepar'd to atchieve for the Salv[at]ion of Souls.",
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