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1. (v.t.) attaint
to punish with attainder.
2. attaint
to disgrace.
3. attaint
Archaic. to accuse.
4. attaint
Obs. to prove the guilt of.
5. (n.) attaint
Obs. a stain; disgrace; taint.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME ataynten, der. of ataynt convicted < AF, OF, ptp. of ataindre to convict, attain)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
bring shame or dishonor upon
"he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
2. (verb) attaint
condemn by attainder
"the man was attainted"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. attaint
attainted; corrupted
2. attaint
a touch or hit
3. attaint
a blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching
4. attaint
a writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried
5. attaint
a stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint
6. attaint
an infecting influence
7. (verb) attaint
to attain; to get act; to hit
8. (verb) attaint
to find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict
9. (verb) attaint
to subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder
10. (verb) attaint
to accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act
11. (verb) attaint
to affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt
12. (verb) attaint
to stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy
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