attaint

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Convicted, attainted.

2. 2

   Attainted

   Attainted; corrupted.

   • My tender youth was never yet attaint With any passion of inflaming love,
3. 3

   To subject to attainder

   To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.

   • Tom Truth is attainted. All he has — not much — is forfeit to the king, and he is entitled to nothing but a traitorʼs death.
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   1. 4

      To subject to calumny

      To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.

      • CHARLES STUART. Attainted and proscribed by name and grade in his British regiment.
   2. 5

      To taint

      To taint; to corrupt, sully.

      • Amoret right fearefull was and faint, / Lest she with blame her honor should attaint […].
      • Jem felt that his own character had been attainted; and that to many it might still appear suspicious.
   3. 6

      A blow or strike, especially in jousting.

      • At the moment of impact, the king’s eyes are open, his body braced for the atteint; he takes the blow perfectly, its force absorbed by a body securely armoured, moving in the right direction, moving at the right speed.
   4. 7

      A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow.

   5. 8

      The giving of a false verdict by a jury

      The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict.

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