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What does attaint mean?

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Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
  2. (obsolete) Attainted; corrupted.
Verb
  1. (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
  2. (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
  3. (now rare) To taint; to corrupt, sully.
Noun
  1. (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
  2. A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow
  3. (obsolete, law) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict
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