attainting

Variant of attaint

attaint definition

at·taint (ə tānt′)

transitive verb attainted -·taint′ed, attainting -·taint′·ing

  1. to punish by attainder
  2. Archaic to disgrace or dishonor
  3. Archaic to infect
  4. Archaic to accuse
  5. Obsolete to prove guilty

Etymology: ME atteinten, to convict < OFr ateint, pp. of ataindre (see attain); sense infl. by Anglo-Fr teinte, taint

noun

  1. an attainder
  2. Archaic a taint; disgrace
  3. Obsolete a touch or hit in tilting

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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