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At*taint" (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Attainting.] [OE. atteynten to convict, fr. atteynt, OF. ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4, 5, and 6 were influenced by a supposed connection with taint. See Attain, Attainder.] 1. To attain; to get act; to hit. [Obs.]
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2. (Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.]
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Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone.
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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.
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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.
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4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic]
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5. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
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My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any passion of inflaming love. Shak.
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6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
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For so exceeding shone his glistring ray,
That Ph&unr_;bus' golden face it did attaint. Spenser.
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Lest she with blame her honor should attaint. Spenser.
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At*taint", p. p. Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] Shak.
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At*taint", n. [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v.] 1. A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White.
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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. Bouvier.
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4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak.
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5. An infecting influence. [R.] Shak.
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