attaintn.

Brit.

/əˈteɪnt/, U.S.

/əˈteɪnt/

Forms: Forms as in vb.; also 1500s atteinct.

Etymology: < Old French ateinte, atainte, noun from feminine of ateint , past participle of ateindre ; see attaint adj.

1. The act of touching or hitting; spec. a ‘hit’ in tilting. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > joust or tournament > hit

taintc1400

attaint1525

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 473 The first course, they strake eche other on their helmes a great attaynt.

1600 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xvii. 6 Nor to pursue his first attaint Euphorbus' spirit forbore.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. ix. 160 Both the others failed in the attaint.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii. 103 (note) Attaint was a term of tilting used to express the champion's having attained his mark, or, in other words, struck his lance straight and fair against the helmet or breast of his adversary.

†2. figurative. A dint, a blow (of misfortune, etc.). Obsolete. [Compare French les atteintes de la mauvaise fortune, etc.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden > a stroke (of misfortune, etc.)

clapc1330

buffetc1400

flaw1513

wipe?1545

bolt1577

blow1608

attaint1655

bludgeoning1888

1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise Ep. Ded. Generous hearts laugh at the attaints of fortune.

3. Veterinary Medicine. A blow or wound on the leg of a horse caused by over-reaching, or by a blow from another horse's foot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > other disorders of leg

attaint?1523

brush1710

core1710

sickle-hough1799

grogginess1818

weed1841

thorough-shot1891

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxv^v Atteynt is a sorance that cometh of an ouerre rechyng if it be before: and yf it be behynde it is of the tredyng of an other horse.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 402 Of an vpper attaint or ouerreach vpon the backe sinnew of the shanke.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Farriers distinguish upper Attaints, given by the Toe of the Hind-foot upon the Sinew of the Fore-leg.—And neither Attaints, or Over-reaches on the Pastern-Joint.

4. Old Law. The conviction of a jury for giving a false verdict; a legal process instituted for reversing a false verdict and convicting the jurors.This was done by a grand jury of twenty-four; ‘for the law wills not that the oath of one jury of twelve men should be attainted or set aside by an equal number, or by less indeed than double the number.’ (Bracton, in Tomlins.)

1292 Britton iv. xi. §1 (title) Ou gist Atteynte.

1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton In what cases an attaint lies.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] > esp. of jury for false verdict

taint1530

attaint1577

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [noun] > review > process for reversing false verdict

attaint1642

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) i. ii. iv. 101 Now and then the honest yeomen..shall be sued of an atteinct and bound to appeare at the Starre chamber.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §383. 166 The heire hath defeated the verdict by attaint.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 351 Another species of extraordinary juries, is the jury to try an attaint; which is a process commenced against a former jury, for bringing in a false verdict.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. viii. 485 The ancient remedy by means of attaint, which renders a jury responsible for an unjust verdict, was almost gone into disuse.

5. = attainder n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [noun] > attainder

tainder1469

attainder1473

attaintment1549

attainturea1552

corruption of blood1563

attincturec1575

attaindure1577

attaint1597

taintment1614

attaindrie1628

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 23 ^v Those great Lords, now after theyr attaints, Canonized amongst the English Saints.

1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 7 The Court of Honour, where Attaints are purg'd off, and Blood, as they speak, restor'd.

6. figurative. Imputation or touch of dishonour, stain upon honour, lustre, purity, or freshness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur

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umberc1380

blotc1386

maculate1490

touch1508

blemish1526

blur1548

attaint1592

stain1594

attainder1597

tachec1610

sullya1616

tainta1616

smutch1648

slur1662

woad1663

a blot on an escutcheon1697

blotch1860

smear1943

1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. H.3^v Her Legend iustifies her foule attaint.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxii. sig. F2 Thou..maiest without attaint ore-looke The dedicated words.

a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 197 Among the faults..Are two so grave that some attaint is brought Unto the greatness of his soul thereby.

a1850 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Lett. II. ccx I have faith in races, and feel that your blood will resist such attaints.

†7. ? Exhaustion, weariness, fatigue. Cf. attaint adj. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]

wearinessc900

slemea1300

werihede1340

talma1400

aneantizinga1425

faintnessa1440

defatigation1508

languishness?1529

lassitude1541

tiredness1552

overtiring1598

attainta1616

languishmentc1620

exhaustment1621

prostrationa1626

exhaustiona1639

tiresomeness1646

lassation1650

exantlation1651

fessitude1656

faintingnessa1661

delassation1692

tiriness1697

languor1707

fatigue1719

exhausture1779

distress1803

exhaustedness1840

worn-outness1844

tire1859

dead-beatness1907

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 39 Nor doth he dedicate one iot of Colour Vnto the wearie and all-watched Night: But freshly lookes, and ouer-beares Attaint, With chearefull semblance.

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† attaintadj.

Forms: Middle English ateynt, ataynt, atteynt, attaynt, (Middle English atenkt) Middle English atteint, 1500s–1700s attaint.

Etymology: < Old French ateint, ataint, modern atteint , past participle of a(t)teindre to attain v., formed like teindre, teint, joindre, joint, etc., and not from Latin attactus. (Compare peindre, peint, for Latin pictus.) Hence, latinized in medieval Latin as attinctus, and referred, in England at least, to Latin tinctus ‘dyed, stained’, an association which influenced the meaning of the word and its derivatives.

Obsolete.

1. Convicted, attainted. Used originally as past participle of attain v., subsequently of attaint v.; also as adjective.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [adjective] > involving loss of rights by conviction > attainted

attaint1303

attainted1596

corrupt1641

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 12628 Þat we be neuer more ateynt For fals shryvyng.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 340 Atteint they were by the lawe And demed for to honge and drawe.

c1460 Launfal 761 Fyle ataynte traytour!

1642 Declar., Votes, etc. conc. Magaz. at Hull 14 That..he, or they, be in no wise convict or attaint of high Treason.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 373 He is then called attaint, attinctus, stained, or blackened. He is no longer of any credit or reputation.

2. Affected with sickness, passion, etc.; infected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased

untrumc825

sickc888

unwholec888

slackc897

unstronga900

sicklea1000

sam-halea1023

worseOE

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languishinga1325

heallessc1374

sicklyc1374

sicklewa1387

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mishalea1400

languoring?c1425

distempered1440

unwell?c1450

detent?a1475

poora1475

languorousc1475

maladif1481

illa1500

maladiousc1500

wanthriven1508

attainted1509

unsound1513

acrazed1521

cracked1527

unsoundya1529

visited1537

infirmed1552

crazed1555

healthless1568

ill-liking1572

afflicted1574

crazy1576

unhealthful1580

sickish1581

valetudinary1581

not well1587

fainty1590

ill-disposed1596

unhealthsome1598

tainted1600

ill-affected1604

peaking1611

unhealthy1611

infirmited1616

disaffected1626

physical1633

illish1637

pimping1640

invalid1642

misaffected1645

valetudinarious1648

unhale1653

badly1654

unwholesome1655

valetudinous1655

morbulent1656

off the hooksa1658

mawkish1668

morbid1668

unthriven1680

unsane1690

ailing1716

not wellish1737

underlya1742

poorly1750

indifferent1753

comical1755

maladized1790

sober1808

sickened1815

broken-down1816

peaky1821

poorlyish1827

souffrante1827

run-down1831

sicklied1835

addle1844

shaky1844

mean1845

dauncy1846

stricken1846

peakyish1853

po'ly1860

pindling1861

rough1882

rocky1883

suffering1885

wabbit1895

icky-boo1920

like death warmed up1924

icky1938

ropy1945

crappy1956

hanging1971

sick as a parrot1982

shite1987

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3065 Wyþ pryde are swyche men ateynte.

c1315 Shoreham 103 That he ne schel soffry ther hys [wo], As he [is] here atenkt.

c1500 Blowbols Test. 26 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 I trow he was infecte certeyn With the faitour..Or with a sekenesse called a knave ateynt.

3. Overcome with heat, weariness, or fatigue; overpowered, exhausted. [In this sense perhaps partly due to French éteint.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

wearyc825

asadc1306

ateyntc1325

attaintc1325

recrayed1340

methefula1350

for-wearya1375

matea1375

taintc1380

heavy1382

fortireda1400

methefula1400

afoundered?a1425

tewedc1440

travailedc1440

wearisomec1460

fatigate1471

defatigatec1487

tired1488

recreant1490

yolden?1507

fulyeit?a1513

traiked?a1513

tavert1535

wearied1538

fatigated1552

awearya1555

forwearied1562

overtired1567

spenta1568

done1575

awearied1577

stank1579

languishinga1586

bankrupt?1589

fordone1590

spent1591

overwearied1592

overworn1592

outworn1597

half-dead1601

back-broken1603

tiry1611

defatigated1612

dog-wearya1616

overweary1617

exhaust1621

worn-out1639

embossed1651

outspent1652

exhausted1667

beaten1681

bejaded1687

harassed1693

jaded1693

lassate1694

defeata1732

beat out1758

fagged1764

dog-tired1770

fessive1773

done-up1784

forjeskit1786

ramfeezled1786

done-over1789

fatigued1791

forfoughten1794

worn-up1812

dead1813

out-burnta1821

prostrate1820

dead beat1822

told out1822

bone-tireda1825

traiky1825

overfatigued1834

outwearied1837

done like (a) dinner1838

magged1839

used up1839

tuckered outc1840

drained1855

floored1857

weariful1862

wappered1868

bushed1870

bezzled1875

dead-beaten1875

down1885

tucked up1891

ready (or fit) to drop1892

buggered-up1893

ground-down1897

played1897

veal-bled1899

stove-up1901

trachled1910

ragged1912

beat up1914

done in1917

whacked1919

washy1922

pooped1928

shattered1930

punchy1932

shagged1932

shot1939

whipped1940

buggered1942

flaked (out)1942

fucked1949

sold-out1958

wiped1958

burnt out1959

wrung out1962

juiced1965

hanging1971

zonked1972

maxed1978

raddled1978

zoned1980

cream crackered1983

c1325 Cœur de L. 6131 In the hete they wer almost ateynt.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 333 If he beo þer in batail atteynt þou lest þy los þerfore.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3612 Ys sted wax al ateynte.

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. ix With weriness atteynt.

1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 276 And suffered him till he was nigh attaint, and then he ran upon him.

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attaintv.

Brit.

/əˈteɪnt/, U.S.

/əˈteɪnt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s ataynt(e, Middle English–1500s ateynt(e, atteynt, ( attend), Middle English–1600s attaynt, atteint, (1500s attent) 1500s– attaint. Aphetic taint n.¹

Etymology: < attaint adj. (compare to convict ), which was also used as past participle of this, for a considerable time, till attainted took its place. Attaint had thus originally some of the early senses of attain ; but its subsequent development was affected by its being associated in fancy with taint v. (French taindre, teindre, past participle taint, teint < Latin tingĕre, tinctus, to steep, dye, stain), with which its aphetic form coincided; so that in some senses, it passed into the latter verb.

I. To touch, get at; = attain v.

†1. To touch, get at with a blow, to hit in tilting; = attain v. i. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > succeed in striking

hentOE

hitc1275

atreachc1330

reacha1400

attain1477

attaint1523

nail1785

catch1820

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > tilt at [verb (transitive)] > hit

attaint1523

taint1525

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxv. 597 The seconde course they met and ataynted.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 470 They ran togider, and tainted eche other on y^e helmes.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 439/2 I atteynt, I hyt or touche a thyng, Jattayngs. He attaynted hym upon the myddes of the helmet.

†2. To get at the facts, find out, ascertain; = attain v. 9. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] > attain to knowledge

inknowa1300

attainc1374

attaint1489

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xiii. 266 The causes that ben obscure and hidd may be therby attainted and knowen.

II. To convict, prove, accuse, condemn.

†3. To convict, prove guilty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)]

fordeemc1000

attain1330

filec1330

condemna1340

shape1340

dem1377

convictc1380

reprovea1382

damnc1384

overtakea1393

attainta1400

taintc1400

commita1425

vanquish1502

convincea1535

cast1536

convanquish1540

deprehend1598

forejudge1603

do1819

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5512 Ȝou be-houys to wirke ful quaynte and in þaire dedis ham attaynt.

1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 16 Atteyntyn, Convinco.

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 141 Parkin Warbek and other iij were arreyned..They all were attended, and judgment given.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 79 That the accused be..upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition.

†4. To prove (a charge). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)]

i-sothea925

soothec950

fanda1000

kitheOE

betell1048

showc1175

prove?c1225

treousec1275

stablisha1325

approve1340

verifyc1386

justifya1393

tryc1412

answer?a1425

appreve?c1450

to make gooda1470

convictc1475

averifyc1503

arguea1513

find1512

pree1515

comprobate1531

demonstrate1538

conclude1549

convince1555

argument1558

evict1571

avoucha1593

evidencea1601

remonstrate1601

clear1605

attaint1609

monstrate1609

evince1610

evince1611

improve1613

remonstrance1621

to make out1653

ascertain1670

to bring off1674

to make (something) to through1675

render1678

substantiatea1691

establisha1704

to bring out1727

realize1763

validate1775

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > prove (a charge)

taint1424

attaint1609

to prove (a) scienter1787

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 21 Gif it be otherwaies attainted (or proven).

†5. Old Law. To convict a jury of having given a false verdict; to bring an action to reverse the verdict of a jury as false. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] > convict jury for false verdict

attaint1642

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [verb (transitive)] > review > reverse false verdict

reverse1455

attaint1642

1292 Britton iv. ix. §4 Se il avent qe les jurours de acune petite assise eynt fet..faus serment..purrount il estre atteintz en plusours maneres.]

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §383. 166 Before that this verdict be attainted by the heire in a writ of attaint.

1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. viii. 194 The Punishment of Petty-Jurors attainted of giving a verdict contrary to evidence, wittingly, is severe.

1865 Nichols transl. If it happens that the jurors in any petty assise have taken a false oath, they may..be attainted in several ways.

6. To condemn (one convicted of treason or felony) to death, corruption of blood, and extinction of all civil rights and capacities; to subject to attainder n., whether by judicial sentence, or by Act of Parliament without a judicial trial. (Influenced by its assumed relation to taint n.¹, whence the idea of ‘corruption of blood’.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)] > deprive of rights by conviction > attaint

attainta1400

to stain (a person's) blood1569

corrupta1616

taint1732

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1114 þat he ne sal. caym sone a-taynt.

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 1 A parleament, at whiche were atteynted Kynge Herry and all othere that fledde with hym.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ei All suche as vse disceipt in bargaynyng..and shalbe attainted therupon as felons.

1679 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws To be attainted is, that his Blood be held in Law as stained and corrupted.

1704 London Gaz. No. 4013/4 Edward Patchell..attainted of Murther in the City of Chester.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 31 Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that have reigned before the Revolution, and consequently to stain the throne of England with the blot of a continual usurpation?

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. iv. 58 On Edward IV's victory, they [sc.Parliament] unanimously attainted Henry IV.

7. To accuse of crime or dishonour. archaic. (Also in Old French.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with

tee871

upbraidc1000

acoupc1300

retc1300

becalla1325

charge138.

impeachc1380

putc1380

blamea1400

appeach1430

gredea1450

articlea1460

filea1500

slander1504

to lay to one's charge1535

aggravate1541

to charge (a person) with1559

reproach1570

attaint1586

impute1596

censure1634

arraign1672

saddle1794

inculpate1799

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 240 How processe ought to proceede against those that are attainted of it [i.e. adultery], and how such as are conuicted thereof are to be punished.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 24 Gif any man..salbe attaynted and convict of such alienation.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 190 Rebecca..being attainted of sorcery..doth deny the same.

1883 W. D. Howells Undiscov. Country I. 71 Who are you to attaint me of unworthy motives?

III. To lay hold of (as sickness), affect, infect.

8. To touch, strike, or seize upon, as a disease or other bodily or mental affection; to affect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > affect or afflict

aileOE

takec1300

visitc1340

troublec1400

vex?c1425

surprise1485

vizy1488

attaintc1534

heart-burn?1537

molest1559

gar1614

possess1617

misaffect1618

corrept1657

invalid1803

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of hostile agency)

besetOE

infighta1300

saila1300

seeka1300

visitc1340

beclipc1380

entainc1380

seizec1381

offendc1385

affectc1425

rehetea1450

take1483

attaintc1534

prevent1535

attach1541

attempt1546

affront1579

buffeta1593

to get at ——1650

assault1667

insult1697

to lay at1899

a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 223 If dedly syknes have you ateynt.]

c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 199 Ethelwolphus..was attainted with an easie sicknes.

1591 R. Greene Maiden's Dreame (1861) 277 And like to one whom sorrow deep attaints.

1598 E. Ford Parismus xxviii. sig. Ff^v Which sight attainted her heart, which such greefe, that the passage of her Christall teares, issued with such abundance, y^t all the companie woondred.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 561 His foule disease, continually attainting him with intolerable paines.

1688 J. Dryden Britannia Rediviva 7 The same shiv'ring sweat his Lord attaints.

†9. (Influenced by taint n.¹): To affect with any contagion; to infect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt > taint or infect

smiteeOE

besmiteeOE

smitOE

besmita1250

empoisonc1400

fadec1400

infect?c1400

attainta1529

leaven1534

inquinate1542

contaminate1563

taint1573

tack1601

beleper?a1625

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.vi They be so attaynted With coueytous and ambycyon.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ix. xix. f. 124^v/1 Y^t he suld fall in Pelagius heresyis. Howbeit all othir Scottis kyngis afore hym war neuir attentit with sic thingis.

1615 G. Webbe Pract. Quietnes 116 If thou be attainted with any of these euill properties.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 81 My tender youth was neuer yet attaint With any passion of inflaming loue.

10.

a. (In full sense of taint n.¹): To touch or impregnate with something corrupting; to infect with corruption, poison, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > make corrupt or putrid [verb (transitive)]

corrump1340

corruptc1384

putrefya1400

fadec1400

rotc1405

corrup1483

rotten1569

attaint1573

carrionize1593

putrefact1598

ranken1599

decay1626

wrox1649

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to rot or putrefy > contaminate with putrid matter

corrupt1548

attaint1573

1573 [implied in: T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 69 Where meate is atainetid, ther cookery is naught. (at attainted adj. 4)].

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 1 Chron. xxix. 26–8, 23 Dead flies wil atteint the swetest ointments of Apothecaries.

a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) xii. 77 When secret Vlcers shall attaint thy breath.

1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 486/2 Even to have kicked an outsider might have been held to attaint the foot.

b. figurative. To sully (lustre, purity, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)]

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tache1390

dark?c1400

distain1406

smita1413

blemish1414

black?c1425

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maculate?a1475

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staina1535

spota1542

smear1549

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besmear1579

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besmirch1604

blur1604

to breathe upon ——1608

be-smut1610

clouda1616

sullya1616

taint1623

smutch1640

blackena1649

to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654

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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G3 Phoebus golden face it did attaint, As when a cloud his beames doth ouer-lay.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A3^v Lest she with blame her honor should attaint .

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 564 How would the Sons of Troy..Attaint the Lustre of my former Name?

1856 Milman in Q. Rev. 99 6 No breath of calumny ever attainted the personal purity of Savonarola.

11. (Blending the preceding with figurative use of 7.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > giving dishonour

attaint1642

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 29 Wherein a good name hath bin wrongfully attainted.

1814 R. Southey Roderick viii. 99 His mother's after-guilt attainting not The claim legitimate he derived from her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.?1523

adj.1303

v.a1400

单词	attaint
释义	attaintn. Brit. /əˈteɪnt/, U.S. /əˈteɪnt/ Forms: Forms as in vb.; also 1500s atteinct. Etymology: < Old French ateinte, atainte, noun from feminine of ateint , past participle of ateindre ; see attaint adj. 1. The act of touching or hitting; spec. a ‘hit’ in tilting. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > joust or tournament > hit taintc1400 attaint1525 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 473 The first course, they strake eche other on their helmes a great attaynt. 1600 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xvii. 6 Nor to pursue his first attaint Euphorbus' spirit forbore. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. ix. 160 Both the others failed in the attaint. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii. 103 (note) Attaint was a term of tilting used to express the champion's having attained his mark, or, in other words, struck his lance straight and fair against the helmet or breast of his adversary. †2. figurative. A dint, a blow (of misfortune, etc.). Obsolete. [Compare French les atteintes de la mauvaise fortune, etc.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden > a stroke (of misfortune, etc.) clapc1330 buffetc1400 flaw1513 wipe?1545 bolt1577 blow1608 attaint1655 bludgeoning1888 1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise Ep. Ded. Generous hearts laugh at the attaints of fortune. 3. Veterinary Medicine. A blow or wound on the leg of a horse caused by over-reaching, or by a blow from another horse's foot. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > other disorders of leg attaint?1523 brush1710 core1710 sickle-hough1799 grogginess1818 weed1841 thorough-shot1891 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxv^v Atteynt is a sorance that cometh of an ouerre rechyng if it be before: and yf it be behynde it is of the tredyng of an other horse. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 402 Of an vpper attaint or ouerreach vpon the backe sinnew of the shanke. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Farriers distinguish upper Attaints, given by the Toe of the Hind-foot upon the Sinew of the Fore-leg.—And neither Attaints, or Over-reaches on the Pastern-Joint. 4. Old Law. The conviction of a jury for giving a false verdict; a legal process instituted for reversing a false verdict and convicting the jurors.This was done by a grand jury of twenty-four; ‘for the law wills not that the oath of one jury of twelve men should be attainted or set aside by an equal number, or by less indeed than double the number.’ (Bracton, in Tomlins.) 1292 Britton iv. xi. §1 (title) Ou gist Atteynte. 1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton In what cases an attaint lies. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] > esp. of jury for false verdict taint1530 attaint1577 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [noun] > review > process for reversing false verdict attaint1642 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) i. ii. iv. 101 Now and then the honest yeomen..shall be sued of an atteinct and bound to appeare at the Starre chamber. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §383. 166 The heire hath defeated the verdict by attaint. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 351 Another species of extraordinary juries, is the jury to try an attaint; which is a process commenced against a former jury, for bringing in a false verdict. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. viii. 485 The ancient remedy by means of attaint, which renders a jury responsible for an unjust verdict, was almost gone into disuse. 5. = attainder n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [noun] > attainder tainder1469 attainder1473 attaintment1549 attainturea1552 corruption of blood1563 attincturec1575 attaindure1577 attaint1597 taintment1614 attaindrie1628 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 23 ^v Those great Lords, now after theyr attaints, Canonized amongst the English Saints. 1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 7 The Court of Honour, where Attaints are purg'd off, and Blood, as they speak, restor'd. 6. figurative. Imputation or touch of dishonour, stain upon honour, lustre, purity, or freshness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur spota1225 umberc1380 blotc1386 maculate1490 touch1508 blemish1526 blur1548 attaint1592 stain1594 attainder1597 tachec1610 sullya1616 tainta1616 smutch1648 slur1662 woad1663 a blot on an escutcheon1697 blotch1860 smear1943 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. H.3^v Her Legend iustifies her foule attaint. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxii. sig. F2 Thou..maiest without attaint ore-looke The dedicated words. View more context for this quotation a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 197 Among the faults..Are two so grave that some attaint is brought Unto the greatness of his soul thereby. a1850 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Lett. II. ccx I have faith in races, and feel that your blood will resist such attaints. †7. ? Exhaustion, weariness, fatigue. Cf. attaint adj. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] wearinessc900 slemea1300 werihede1340 talma1400 aneantizinga1425 faintnessa1440 defatigation1508 languishness?1529 lassitude1541 tiredness1552 overtiring1598 attainta1616 languishmentc1620 exhaustment1621 prostrationa1626 exhaustiona1639 tiresomeness1646 lassation1650 exantlation1651 fessitude1656 faintingnessa1661 delassation1692 tiriness1697 languor1707 fatigue1719 exhausture1779 distress1803 exhaustedness1840 worn-outness1844 tire1859 dead-beatness1907 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 39 Nor doth he dedicate one iot of Colour Vnto the wearie and all-watched Night: But freshly lookes, and ouer-beares Attaint, With chearefull semblance. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † attaintadj. Forms: Middle English ateynt, ataynt, atteynt, attaynt, (Middle English atenkt) Middle English atteint, 1500s–1700s attaint. Etymology: < Old French ateint, ataint, modern atteint , past participle of a(t)teindre to attain v., formed like teindre, teint, joindre, joint, etc., and not from Latin attactus. (Compare peindre, peint, for Latin pictus.) Hence, latinized in medieval Latin as attinctus, and referred, in England at least, to Latin tinctus ‘dyed, stained’, an association which influenced the meaning of the word and its derivatives. Obsolete. 1. Convicted, attainted. Used originally as past participle of attain v., subsequently of attaint v.; also as adjective. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [adjective] > involving loss of rights by conviction > attainted attaint1303 attainted1596 corrupt1641 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 12628 Þat we be neuer more ateynt For fals shryvyng. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 340 Atteint they were by the lawe And demed for to honge and drawe. c1460 Launfal 761 Fyle ataynte traytour! 1642 Declar., Votes, etc. conc. Magaz. at Hull 14 That..he, or they, be in no wise convict or attaint of high Treason. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 373 He is then called attaint, attinctus, stained, or blackened. He is no longer of any credit or reputation. 2. Affected with sickness, passion, etc.; infected. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3065 Wyþ pryde are swyche men ateynte. c1315 Shoreham 103 That he ne schel soffry ther hys [wo], As he [is] here atenkt. c1500 Blowbols Test. 26 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 I trow he was infecte certeyn With the faitour..Or with a sekenesse called a knave ateynt. 3. Overcome with heat, weariness, or fatigue; overpowered, exhausted. [In this sense perhaps partly due to French éteint.] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 c1325 Cœur de L. 6131 In the hete they wer almost ateynt. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 333 If he beo þer in batail atteynt þou lest þy los þerfore. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3612 Ys sted wax al ateynte. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. ix With weriness atteynt. 1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 276 And suffered him till he was nigh attaint, and then he ran upon him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). attaintv. Brit. /əˈteɪnt/, U.S. /əˈteɪnt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s ataynt(e, Middle English–1500s ateynt(e, atteynt, ( attend), Middle English–1600s attaynt, atteint, (1500s attent) 1500s– attaint. Aphetic taint n.¹ Etymology: < attaint adj. (compare to convict ), which was also used as past participle of this, for a considerable time, till attainted took its place. Attaint had thus originally some of the early senses of attain ; but its subsequent development was affected by its being associated in fancy with taint v. (French taindre, teindre, past participle taint, teint < Latin tingĕre, tinctus, to steep, dye, stain), with which its aphetic form coincided; so that in some senses, it passed into the latter verb. I. To touch, get at; = attain v. †1. To touch, get at with a blow, to hit in tilting; = attain v. i. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > succeed in striking hentOE hitc1275 atreachc1330 reacha1400 attain1477 attaint1523 nail1785 catch1820 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > tilt at [verb (transitive)] > hit attaint1523 taint1525 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxv. 597 The seconde course they met and ataynted. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 470 They ran togider, and tainted eche other on y^e helmes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 439/2 I atteynt, I hyt or touche a thyng, Jattayngs. He attaynted hym upon the myddes of the helmet. †2. To get at the facts, find out, ascertain; = attain v. 9. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] > attain to knowledge inknowa1300 attainc1374 attaint1489 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xiii. 266 The causes that ben obscure and hidd may be therby attainted and knowen. II. To convict, prove, accuse, condemn. †3. To convict, prove guilty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] fordeemc1000 attain1330 filec1330 condemna1340 shape1340 dem1377 convictc1380 reprovea1382 damnc1384 overtakea1393 attainta1400 taintc1400 commita1425 vanquish1502 convincea1535 cast1536 convanquish1540 deprehend1598 forejudge1603 do1819 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5512 Ȝou be-houys to wirke ful quaynte and in þaire dedis ham attaynt. 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 16 Atteyntyn, Convinco. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 141 Parkin Warbek and other iij were arreyned..They all were attended, and judgment given. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 79 That the accused be..upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. †4. To prove (a charge). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] i-sothea925 soothec950 fanda1000 kitheOE betell1048 showc1175 prove?c1225 treousec1275 stablisha1325 approve1340 verifyc1386 justifya1393 tryc1412 answer?a1425 appreve?c1450 to make gooda1470 convictc1475 averifyc1503 arguea1513 find1512 pree1515 comprobate1531 demonstrate1538 conclude1549 convince1555 argument1558 evict1571 avoucha1593 evidencea1601 remonstrate1601 clear1605 attaint1609 monstrate1609 evince1610 evince1611 improve1613 remonstrance1621 to make out1653 ascertain1670 to bring off1674 to make (something) to through1675 render1678 substantiatea1691 establisha1704 to bring out1727 realize1763 validate1775 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > prove (a charge) taint1424 attaint1609 to prove (a) scienter1787 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 21 Gif it be otherwaies attainted (or proven). †5. Old Law. To convict a jury of having given a false verdict; to bring an action to reverse the verdict of a jury as false. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] > convict jury for false verdict attaint1642 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [verb (transitive)] > review > reverse false verdict reverse1455 attaint1642 1292 Britton iv. ix. §4 Se il avent qe les jurours de acune petite assise eynt fet..faus serment..purrount il estre atteintz en plusours maneres.] 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §383. 166 Before that this verdict be attainted by the heire in a writ of attaint. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. viii. 194 The Punishment of Petty-Jurors attainted of giving a verdict contrary to evidence, wittingly, is severe. 1865 Nichols transl. If it happens that the jurors in any petty assise have taken a false oath, they may..be attainted in several ways. 6. To condemn (one convicted of treason or felony) to death, corruption of blood, and extinction of all civil rights and capacities; to subject to attainder n., whether by judicial sentence, or by Act of Parliament without a judicial trial. (Influenced by its assumed relation to taint n.¹, whence the idea of ‘corruption of blood’.) ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)] > deprive of rights by conviction > attaint attainta1400 to stain (a person's) blood1569 corrupta1616 taint1732 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1114 þat he ne sal. caym sone a-taynt. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 1 A parleament, at whiche were atteynted Kynge Herry and all othere that fledde with hym. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ei All suche as vse disceipt in bargaynyng..and shalbe attainted therupon as felons. 1679 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws To be attainted is, that his Blood be held in Law as stained and corrupted. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4013/4 Edward Patchell..attainted of Murther in the City of Chester. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 31 Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that have reigned before the Revolution, and consequently to stain the throne of England with the blot of a continual usurpation? View more context for this quotation 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. iv. 58 On Edward IV's victory, they [sc.Parliament] unanimously attainted Henry IV. 7. To accuse of crime or dishonour. archaic. (Also in Old French.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with tee871 upbraidc1000 acoupc1300 retc1300 becalla1325 charge138. impeachc1380 putc1380 blamea1400 appeach1430 gredea1450 articlea1460 filea1500 slander1504 to lay to one's charge1535 aggravate1541 to charge (a person) with1559 reproach1570 attaint1586 impute1596 censure1634 arraign1672 saddle1794 inculpate1799 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 240 How processe ought to proceede against those that are attainted of it [i.e. adultery], and how such as are conuicted thereof are to be punished. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 24 Gif any man..salbe attaynted and convict of such alienation. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 190 Rebecca..being attainted of sorcery..doth deny the same. 1883 W. D. Howells Undiscov. Country I. 71 Who are you to attaint me of unworthy motives? III. To lay hold of (as sickness), affect, infect. 8. To touch, strike, or seize upon, as a disease or other bodily or mental affection; to affect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > affect or afflict aileOE takec1300 visitc1340 troublec1400 vex?c1425 surprise1485 vizy1488 attaintc1534 heart-burn?1537 molest1559 gar1614 possess1617 misaffect1618 corrept1657 invalid1803 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of hostile agency) besetOE infighta1300 saila1300 seeka1300 visitc1340 beclipc1380 entainc1380 seizec1381 offendc1385 affectc1425 rehetea1450 take1483 attaintc1534 prevent1535 attach1541 attempt1546 affront1579 buffeta1593 to get at ——1650 assault1667 insult1697 to lay at1899 a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 223 If dedly syknes have you ateynt.] c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 199 Ethelwolphus..was attainted with an easie sicknes. 1591 R. Greene Maiden's Dreame (1861) 277 And like to one whom sorrow deep attaints. 1598 E. Ford Parismus xxviii. sig. Ff^v Which sight attainted her heart, which such greefe, that the passage of her Christall teares, issued with such abundance, y^t all the companie woondred. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 561 His foule disease, continually attainting him with intolerable paines. 1688 J. Dryden Britannia Rediviva 7 The same shiv'ring sweat his Lord attaints. †9. (Influenced by taint n.¹): To affect with any contagion; to infect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > corrupt > taint or infect smiteeOE besmiteeOE smitOE besmita1250 empoisonc1400 fadec1400 infect?c1400 attainta1529 leaven1534 inquinate1542 contaminate1563 taint1573 tack1601 beleper?a1625 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.vi They be so attaynted With coueytous and ambycyon. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ix. xix. f. 124^v/1 Y^t he suld fall in Pelagius heresyis. Howbeit all othir Scottis kyngis afore hym war neuir attentit with sic thingis. 1615 G. Webbe Pract. Quietnes 116 If thou be attainted with any of these euill properties. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 81 My tender youth was neuer yet attaint With any passion of inflaming loue. View more context for this quotation 10. a. (In full sense of taint n.¹): To touch or impregnate with something corrupting; to infect with corruption, poison, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > make corrupt or putrid [verb (transitive)] corrump1340 corruptc1384 putrefya1400 fadec1400 rotc1405 corrup1483 rotten1569 attaint1573 carrionize1593 putrefact1598 ranken1599 decay1626 wrox1649 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to rot or putrefy > contaminate with putrid matter corrupt1548 attaint1573 1573 [implied in: T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 69 Where meate is atainetid, ther cookery is naught. (at attainted adj. 4)]. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 1 Chron. xxix. 26–8, 23 Dead flies wil atteint the swetest ointments of Apothecaries. a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) xii. 77 When secret Vlcers shall attaint thy breath. 1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 486/2 Even to have kicked an outsider might have been held to attaint the foot. b. figurative. To sully (lustre, purity, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)] filea1325 foulc1330 tache1390 dark?c1400 distain1406 smita1413 blemish1414 black?c1425 defoul1470 maculate?a1475 macule1484 tan1530 staina1535 spota1542 smear1549 blot1566 besmear1579 defile1581 attaint1590 soila1596 slubber1599 tack1601 woad1603 besmirch1604 blur1604 to breathe upon ——1608 be-smut1610 clouda1616 sullya1616 taint1623 smutch1640 blackena1649 to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654 beslur1675 tarnish1695 blackwash1762 carbonify1792 smirch1820 tattoo1884 dirten1987 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G3 Phoebus golden face it did attaint, As when a cloud his beames doth ouer-lay. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A3^v Lest she with blame her honor should attaint . View more context for this quotation 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 564 How would the Sons of Troy..Attaint the Lustre of my former Name? 1856 Milman in Q. Rev. 99 6 No breath of calumny ever attainted the personal purity of Savonarola. 11. (Blending the preceding with figurative use of 7.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > giving dishonour attaint1642 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 29 Wherein a good name hath bin wrongfully attainted. 1814 R. Southey Roderick viii. 99 His mother's after-guilt attainting not The claim legitimate he derived from her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?1523adj.1303v.a1400
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