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attaint []

v häpäistä [hˈæpæistæ]

häväistä [hˈævæistæ]

a (obsolete) convicted | Convicted, attainted.

v (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.

v (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.

v (context|now|_|rare) To taint; to corrupt, sully.

n (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.

n A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow

n (obsolete|legal) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict