Italian Meaning of attaint

contaminare

Other Italian words related to contaminare

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Definitions and Meaning of attaint in English

Wordnet

attaint (v)

bring shame or dishonor upon

condemn by attainder

Webster

attaint (v. t.)

To attain; to get act; to hit.

To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.

To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder.

To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.

To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.

To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.

Webster

attaint (p. p.)

Attainted; corrupted.

Webster

attaint (v.)

A touch or hit.

A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.

A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried.

A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.

An infecting influence.

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contaminare

bring shame or dishonor upon, condemn by attainderTo attain; to get act; to hit., To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false

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attainment => Raggiungimento, attaining => raggiungendo, attained => raggiunto, attainder => condanna, attainableness => raggiungibilità,