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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
attaint . - adjective Subject to
attainder ; condemned to death oroutlawry , hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions. - adjective
Tainted ,corrupted .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With my name attainted by treason I can own nothing in my own right, I cannot trade or sell or buy.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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With my name attainted by treason I can own nothing in my own right, I cannot trade or sell or buy.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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The school I'm now going to attainted is in Boston and this makes me so much more excited for it.
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"What!" he said, "a peer without a penny! the name attainted, too, and all lands and property declared forfeit!
The King's Highway 1830
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To the preceding we might add that not only would an "attainted" person and his children be deprived of property, he could be deprived of his freedom, jailed in the Tower for nothing more than being the victim of a legislative decree that "Mr. X is a felonious criminal."
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"attainted", meaning that his civil rights were nullified: he could no longer own property or pass property to his family by will or testament.
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The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
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The document lays out the implications of treason, then says, "... but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted."
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Dibs and dabs of news continued to filter down to the house in Carter Lane, but all of London knew of it when Will was attainted and sentenced to die.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Where, risen from a doubtful seat and half attainted stall,
October 7th, 2008 m_francis 2008
vendingmachine commented on the word attainted
"Shortly afterwards, Anne was asked for her consent to an annulment, to which she agreed. Cromwell, the moving force behind the marriage, was attainted for treason. The marriage was annulled on 9 July 1540, on the grounds of non-consummation and her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine. Henry VIII's physician stated that after the wedding night, Henry said he was not impotent because he experienced "duas pollutiones nocturnas in somno" (two nocturnal pollutions while in sleep; i.e., two wet dreams)."
--Anne of Cleves, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves
October 18, 2020
bilby commented on the word attainted
Hey ruzuzu remember that wild Almost Solveig gig at the Pollutiones Nocturnas nightclub in Port Bangerang? Those were the days.
October 18, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word attainted
Mostly I remember being angry at those bouncers—especially the tall one with the bulging thews—but they were probably right about not shooting off fireworks in that enclosed space.
November 1, 2020
bilby commented on the word attainted
Any idea what they eventually did with the 37 pink ferrets?
November 2, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word attainted
Last I heard, they were opening for Styx on the state fair circuit—but I’m not sure whether the virus has changed their tour plans.
November 2, 2020