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attainture|əˈteɪntjʊə(r)|
[f. attaint v., after (Eng.) med.L. attinctūra, f. attinctus, when this was used to translate OF. atteint.]
1. = attaintment, attainder.
1538Leland Itin. VII. 71 It was the Lord Lovel's Pocession. Sens by Attainture it cam by gift to Knolls. 1580Baret Alv. A 694 Attaynture, or bloud stained and corrupted, Sanies, Tinctura, Attinctura. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, i. ii. 105 Her Attainture will be Humphreyes fall. a1655R. Hall in Fuller Ch. Hist. v. III. 110 At his attainture the King's Officers seised on all he had.
2. fig. Imputation of dishonour; stain.
1608Chapman Byron's Trag. Plays 1873 II. 268 Without the least attainture of your valour. 1644Milton Judgm. Bucer (1851) 304 Their pure unblamable Spirits..they must attaint with new Attaintures. |