ATTAINT


Meaning of ATTAINT in English

v.tr.

1. hist. subject to attainder.

2 a (of disease etc.) strike, affect. b taint.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.