attaint

  1. Adjective.  (obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
  2. Verb.  (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
  3. Verb.  (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
  4. Verb.  (context, now) To taint; to corrupt, sully.
  5. Noun.  (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
  6. Noun.  A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete, legal) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict.

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