[əˈteɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- subject (someone) to attainder
(e.g: to his lands Henry added the property of several landowners attainted in the course of his reign)

- affect or infect with disease or corruption
(e.g: even to have kicked an outsider might have been held to attaint the foot)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘touch, reach, attain’): from obsolete attaint (adjective), from Old French ataint, ateint, past participle of ateindre ‘bring to justice’ (see attain); influenced in meaning by taint