ATTAINT


Meaning of ATTAINT in English

v.tr. 1 hist. subject to attainder. 2 a (of disease etc.) strike, affect. b taint.

[ ME f. obs. attaint (adj.) f. OF ataint, ateint past part. formed as ATTAIN: confused in meaning with TAINT ]

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