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Meaning of 'attaint' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Attaint [ p. p.]
- Attainted; corrupted.
2 . Attaint [ v.]
- A touch or hit.
- A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
- 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.
- A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
- An infecting influence.
3 . Attaint [ v. t.]
- To attain; to get act; to hit.
- To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
- 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.
- To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
- To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
- To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.

Meaning of 'attaint' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . attaint [ v]
Meaning (1):
- bring shame or dishonor upon
Example in sentence:
  • he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Meaning (2):
- condemn by attainder
Example in sentence:
  • the man was attainted

Nearby Words:

attabal attacca attach attachable attache attached attaching attachment attack attackable

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