Definitions for attaint
əˈteɪntat·taint

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shameverb

   bring shame or dishonor upon

   "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

2. attaintverb

   condemn by attainder

   "the man was attainted"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attaintnoun

   A blow or strike, especially in jousting.

2. attaintnoun

   A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow

3. attaintnoun

   The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict

4. attaintverb

   To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.

5. attaintverb

   To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.

6. attaintverb

   To taint; to corrupt, sully.

7. attaintadjective

   Convicted, attainted.

8. Etymology: From ateint, past participle of ateindre.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Attaintnoun

   1.Any thing injurious, as illness, weariness. This sense is now obsolete.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour
   Unto the weary and all-watched night;
   But freshly looks, and overbears attaint
   With chearful semblance. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   2. Stain; spot; taint.

   No man hath a virtue that he has not a glimpse of; nor any man an attaint, but he carries some stain of it. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

   3. In horsemanship.A blow or wound on the hinder feet of an horse. Farrier’s Dict.

2. To Attaintverb

   1.To attaint is particularly used for such as are found guilty of some crime or offence, and especially of felony or treason. A man is attainted two ways, by appearance, or by process. Attainder by appearance is by confession, battle, or verdict. Confession is double; one at the bar before the judges, when the prisoner, upon his indictment read, being asked guilty or not guilty, answers guilty, never putting himself upon the verdict of the jury. The other is before the coroner in sanctuary, where he, upon his confession, was in former times constrained to abjure the realm; which kind is called attainder by abjuration. Attainder by battle is, when the party appealed, and choosing to try the truth by combat rather than by jury, is vanquished. Attainder by verdict is, when the prisoner at the bar, answering to the indictment not guilty, hath an inquest of life and death passing upon him, and is by the verdict pronounced guilty. Attainder by process is, where a party flies, and is not found till five times called publickly in the county, and at last outlawed upon his default. John Cowell

   Etymology: attenter, Fr.

   Were it not an endless trouble, that no traitor or felon should be attainted, but a parliament must be called. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   I must offend before I be attainted. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   2. To taint; to corrupt.

   My tender youth was never yet attaint
   With any passion of inflaming love. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attaint

   A writ of attaint is an obsolete writ in English law, issued to inquire whether a jury had given a false verdict in a trial. In criminal cases, the writ of attaint was issued at the suit of the Crown, and in civil cases at the suit of either party. The correctness of the verdict would be determined by a body known as the grand jury of attaint. This panel, consisting of twenty-four members, was twice the size of a normal trial jury. The party bringing the attaint could introduce only the same evidence that was originally given at trial while the jury whose verdict was questioned was allowed to present new matter.

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1. attaint

   Attaint, in legal context, describes a situation where a person is stained or dishonored due to a corrupt judgment or is declared guilty of a serious crime resulting in the forfeiture of civil rights. It can also refer to the act of dishonoring or disgracing someone. In a general sense, it can mean to affect or impact unfavorably or to tarnish.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Attaintverb

   to attain; to get act; to hit

2. Attaintverb

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

3. Attaintverb

   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

4. Attaintverb

   to accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act

5. Attaintverb

   to affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt

6. Attaintverb

   to stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy

7. Attaint

   attainted; corrupted

8. Attaint

   a touch or hit

9. Attaint

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

10. Attaint

    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

11. Attaint

    a stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint

12. Attaint

    an infecting influence

13. Etymology: [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v.]

Matched Categories

1. • Condemn

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How to pronounce attaint?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attaint in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attaint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=attaint
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Attaint
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=attaint
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attaint
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attaint
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=attaint