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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    ** English

    *** Alternative forms

    - [en]

    *** Etymology

    [en] From [en], from [en], past participle of [fro]; in some senses influenced by [en].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en] - [en]

    *** Adjective

    [en-adj]

    1. [en] Convicted , attainted . 2. [en] Attainted; corrupt ed. 3. * [V]

    *** Verb

    [en-verb]

    1. [en] To subject to attainder ; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights. 2. * [en] 3. [en] To subject to calumny ; to accuse of a crime or dishonour. 4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1929 | author=w:William Faulkner | title=w:The Sound and the Fury | location=New York | publisher=Vintage | year_published=1956 | section=Appendix, p. 405 | url=https://archive.org/details/soundfury00faul |passage=<small>CHARLES STUART</small>. ATTAINTED and proscribed by name and grade in his British regiment.}}

    1. [en] To taint ; to corrupt , sully . 2. * [IV] 3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1848 | author=w:Elizabeth Gaskell | title=w:Mary Barton | url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2153/2153-h/2153-h.htm | chapter=34 |passage=Jem felt that his own character had been ATTAINTED; and that to many it might still appear suspicious.}}

    *** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. [en] A blow or strike , especially in jousting . 2. * [8] 3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2009 | author=w:Hilary Mantel | title=w:Wolf Hall | page=484 | publisher=Fourth Estate | year_published=2010 |passage=At the moment of impact, the king’s eyes are open, his body braced for the _ATTEINT_; he takes the blow perfectly, its force absorbed by a body securely armoured, moving in the right direction, moving at the right speed.}}

    1. A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow . 2. [en] The giving of a false verdict by a jury ; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict.

    *** Derived terms

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