attaint vb. (2 cf. the aphetic form ‘taint’)
1.
to convict; to condemn (one
convicted of treason or felony) 1H6 II. iv. 96*, 2H6 II. iv. 59.
2.
to sully, dishonour
1H6 II. iv. 92
“attainted,
Corrupted,”
Sonn. lxxxviii. 7
“faults . . . wherein I
am attainted,”
Sonn. Music iv. 46 [Pilgr. 344].
