1) Befoul
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1) Bring shame or dishonor upon 2) Condemn by attainder 3) Corrupt 4) Disgrace 5) Dishonor 6) Dishonour 7) Shame 8) To accuse 9) To corrupt, sully 10) To disgrace 11) To prove the guilt of 12) To subject to attainder 13) To subject to calumny 14) To taint
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disgrace; sully; infect; taint
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• (p. p.) Attainted; corrupted. • (v.) A touch or hit. • (v.) An infecting influence. • (v.) 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. • (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. • (v. t.) To attain; to get ...
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1. To attain; to get act; to hit. ... 2. To find guilty; to convict; said especially. 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. To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in r...
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At·taint' noun [ Old French
attainte . See
Attaint ,
v. ]
1. A touch or hit.
Sir W. Scott. 2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
White. 3. (Law) A writ which lies after judgm...
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At·taint' past participle Attainted; corrupted. [ Obsolete]
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At·taint' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Attainted ;
present participle & verbal noun Attainting .] [ Middle English
atteynten to convict, from
atteynt , Old French
ateint , past participle of
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In chivalry, the term attaint meant to strike the helmet and shield of an opponent so firmly with the lance held in a direct line, as either to break the lance or knock over the person struck.
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[
v] - condemn by attainder
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verb condemn by attainder; `the man was attainted`
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to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder. · to disgrace. · to accuse. · to prove the guilt of.
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