Definition of Attaint
At`taint´
v. t.
1.
To
attain
;
to
get
act
;
to
hit
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Attainted
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Attainting
.]
2.
(Old Law)
To
find
guilty
;
to
convict
; -
said
esp
.
of
a
jury
on
trial
for
giving
a
false
verdict
.
Upon
sufficient
proof
attainted
of
some
open
act
by
men
of
his
own
condition
.
- Blackstone.
3.
(Law)
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
.
No
person
shall
be
attainted
of
high
treason
where
corruption
of
blood
is
incurred
,
but
by
the
oath
of
two
witnesses
.
- Stat. 7 & 8 Wm. III.
4.
To
accuse
;
to
charge
with
a
crime
or
a
dishonorable
act
.
5.
To
affect
or
infect
,
as
with
physical
or
mental
disease
or
with
moral
contagion
;
to
taint
or
corrupt
.
My
tender
youth
was
never
yet
attaint
With
any
passion
of
inflaming
love
.
- Shak.
6.
To
stain
;
to
obscure
;
to
sully
;
to
disgrace
;
to
cloud
with
infamy
.
For
so
exceeding
shone
his
glistring
ray
,
That
Ph
bus
'
golden
face
it
did
attaint
.
- Spenser.
Lest
she
with
blame
her
honor
should
attaint
.
- Spenser.
p. p.
1.
Attainted
;
corrupted
.
n.
1.
A
touch
or
hit
.
2.
(Far.)
A
blow
or
wound
on
the
leg
of
a
horse
,
made
by
overreaching
.
3.
(Law)
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
.
4.
A
stain
or
taint
;
disgrace
.
See
Taint
.
5.
An
infecting
influence
.
Related Words
befoul
,
defile
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
dishonour
,
foul
,
maculate
,
shame
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