attaint
1 of 2verb
at·taint ə-ˈtānt 
attainted; attainting; attaints
transitive verb
1
: to affect by attainder
2
a
: infect, corrupt
b
archaic : taint, sully
3
archaic : accuse
attaint
2 of 2noun
obsolete
: a stain upon honor or purity : disgrace
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English attaynten, from Anglo-French ateint, past participle of ateindre
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1592, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
attaint
transitive verb
at·taint ə-ˈtānt
: to subject (a person) to the consequences of attainder
- groundier
- groundiest
- grounding
- groundings
- groundkeeper
- groundkeepers
- groundless
- groundlesslier
- groundlessliest
- groundlessly
- groundlessness
- groundlessnesses
- intriguers
- intrigues
- intriguing
- intriguingly
- intrinsic
- intrinsic factor
- intrinsical
- intrinsically
- intrinsics
- intro
- introceptive
- introd
- introduce