attaint
attaint is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 11 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 37 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.] Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone.
- 2.(Law) 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. 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.
- 3.To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic]
- 4.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.
- 5.To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy. For so exceeding shone his glistring ray, That Phattaint. Spenser. Lest she with blame her honor should attaint. Spenser.
- 6.Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] Shak.
- 7.A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.
- 8.(Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White.
- 9.(Law) 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. Bouvier.
- 10.A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak.
- 11.An infecting influence. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accuse
- attainder
- attaintment
- attainture
- bring
- cast
- condemn
- condemnation
- condemnatory
- condemned
- confiscate
- convict
- conviction
- damn
- damnation
- damnatory
- death
- disapprove
- doom
- failure
- find
- guilty
- home
- judgment
- nonsuit
- pass
- penalty
- proscribe
- proscription
- self-convicted
- sentence
- sequestrate
- sign
- stand
- the
- unpitied
- warrant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is attaint.
- What is to find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.] Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone called?
- What is to accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act. [Archaic] called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy. For so exceeding shone his glistring ray, That Phattaint. Spenser. Lest she with blame her honor should attaint. Spenser called?
- What is a blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White called?
- What is 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. Bouvier called?
- What is a stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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