01 v. t. To attain; to get act; to hit.
imp. & p. p.
Attainted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Attainting
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To attain; to get act; to hit.[Obs.]
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To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.(Old Law) [Obs.]“Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition.” — Blackstone.
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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.(Law)“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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To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.[Archaic]
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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.
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