Verb
condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted"

Verb
bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

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v. t.
To attain; to get act; to hit.

v. t.
To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.

v. t.
To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.

v. t.
To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.

p. p.
Attainted; corrupted.

v.
A touch or hit.

v.
A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.

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.
An infecting influence.

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Attaint

At*taint" , 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.] 2. (Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.]

Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition.

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.

4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic] 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.

6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.

For so exceeding shone his glistring ray, That Phbus' golden face it did attaint.

Lest she with blame her honor should attaint.

Attaint

At*taint", p. p. Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] Shak.

Attaint

At*taint", n. [OF. 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 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. 4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak. 5. An infecting influence. [R.] Shak.

To attain; to get act; to hit.

Attainted; corrupted.

A touch or hit.