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Word: attaint (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • obsolete Convicted, attainted.

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Noun:

  • A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow
  • 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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Verb:

  • archaic To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
  • archaic To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
  • now|_|rare To taint; to corrupt, sully.

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