| slovo | definícia |
attain
(mass) | attain
- dosiahnuť |
attain
(encz) | attain,docílit |
attain
(encz) | attain,dosáhnout |
attain
(encz) | attain,nabyl v: |
attain
(encz) | attain,nabýt v: |
Attain
(gcide) | Attain \At*tain"\ ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
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2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
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3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
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Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
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4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. "Canaan he now attains." --Milton.
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5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
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Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means.
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Attain
(gcide) | Attain \At*tain"\, n.
Attainment. [Obs.]
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Attain
(gcide) | Attain \At*tain"\, v. i.
1. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or
efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
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If by any means they might attain to Phenice. --Acts
xxvii. 12.
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Nor nearer might the dogs attain. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber.
--Cowper.
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Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as
this. --J. R. Green.
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2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high,
I can not attain unto it. --Ps. cxxxix.
6.
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attain
(wn) | attain
v 1: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
setbacks" [syn: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach]
2: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The
thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of
140 miles per hour" [syn: reach, hit, attain]
3: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old
tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck
the main path to the lake" [syn: fall upon, strike, {come
upon}, light upon, chance upon, come across, {chance
on}, happen upon, attain, discover]
4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit
by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made
it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before
the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit,
arrive at, gain] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
attainment
(mass) | attainment
- dosiahnutie, vzdelanie |
attainability
(encz) | attainability,dosažitelnost n: Zdeněk Brožattainability,dostupnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
attainable
(encz) | attainable,dosažitelný |
attainably
(encz) | attainably,dosažitelně |
attained
(encz) | attained,docílený adj: Zdeněk Brožattained,dosažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
attainment
(encz) | attainment,docílení attainment,dosažení attainment,vzdělání attainment,znalosti |
attains
(encz) | attains,dosahuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
attaint
(encz) | attaint,zneuctít Zdeněk Brož |
nonattainment areas
(encz) | nonattainment areas,oblasti s nadstandardním znečištěním [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
reattain
(encz) | reattain, |
unattainability
(encz) | unattainability, |
unattainable
(encz) | unattainable,nedosažitelný adj: Zdeněk Brožunattainable,nedostižný adj: Zdeněk Brožunattainable,nedostupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unattainableness
(encz) | unattainableness, n: |
unattainably
(encz) | unattainably,nedosažitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unattained
(encz) | unattained, |
will attain
(encz) | will attain,dosáhne v: |
Act of attainder
(gcide) | Act \Act\ ([a^]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F.
acte. See Agent.]
1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the
effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a
performance; a deed.
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That best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster] Hence, in specific uses:
(a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or
determination of a legislative body, council, court of
justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve,
award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
(b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has
been done. --Abbott.
(c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal
divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a
certain definite part of the action is completed.
(d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English
universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show
the proficiency of a student.
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2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a
possibility or possible existence. [Obs.]
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The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in
possibility, what they afterward grow to be.
--Hooker.
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3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on
the point of (doing). "In act to shoot." --Dryden.
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This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John
viii. 4.
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Act of attainder. (Law) See Attainder.
Act of bankruptcy (Law), an act of a debtor which renders
him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt.
Act of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-F['e].
Act of God (Law), an inevitable accident; such
extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events
as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which
ordinary prudence could not guard.
Act of grace, an expression often used to designate an act
declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at
the beginning of a new reign.
Act of indemnity, a statute passed for the protection of
those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them
to penalties. --Abbott.
Act in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the
country), and not a matter of record.
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Syn: See Action.
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Attain
(gcide) | Attain \At*tain"\ ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
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2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
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3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
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Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
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4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. "Canaan he now attains." --Milton.
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5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
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Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means.
[1913 Webster]Attain \At*tain"\, n.
Attainment. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Attain \At*tain"\, v. i.
1. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or
efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
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If by any means they might attain to Phenice. --Acts
xxvii. 12.
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Nor nearer might the dogs attain. --Sir W.
Scott.
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To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber.
--Cowper.
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Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as
this. --J. R. Green.
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2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high,
I can not attain unto it. --Ps. cxxxix.
6.
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Attainability
(gcide) | Attainability \At*tain`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being attainable; attainableness.
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Attainable
(gcide) | Attainable \At*tain"a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the
mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished
by efforts directed to the object.
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The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this
life. --Addison.
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2. Obtainable. [Obs.]
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General Howe would not permit the purchase of those
articles [clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and
they were not attainable in the country. --Marshall.
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Attainableness
(gcide) | Attainableness \At*tain"a*ble*ness\, n.
The quality of being attainable; attainability.
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Attainder
(gcide) | Attainder \At*tain"der\, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse,
convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F.
teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.]
1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted;
the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a
person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as,
an act of attainder. --Abbott.
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Note: Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a
judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony,
and involved the forfeiture of all the real and
personal property of the condemned person, and such
"corruption of blood" that he could neither receive nor
transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or testify in
any court, or claim any legal protection or rights. In
England attainders are now abolished, and in the United
States the Constitution provides that no bill of
attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of treason
(in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall work
corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the
life of the person attainted.
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2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or
condemnation. [Obs.]
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He lived from all attainder of suspect. --Shak.
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Bill of attainder, a bill brought into, or passed by, a
legislative body, condemning a person to death or
outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence.
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Attained
(gcide) | Attain \At*tain"\ ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
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2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
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3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
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Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
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4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. "Canaan he now attains." --Milton.
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5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
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Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means.
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Attaining
(gcide) | Attain \At*tain"\ ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
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Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
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2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
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3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
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Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
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4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. "Canaan he now attains." --Milton.
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5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
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Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means.
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Attainment
(gcide) | Attainment \At*tain"ment\, n.
1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching;
hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.
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The attainment of every desired object. --Sir W.
Jones.
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2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion;
acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements;
knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.
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Attaint
(gcide) | Attaint \At*taint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attainted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Attainting.] [OE. atteynten to convict, fr. atteynt,
OF. ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4,
5, and 6 were influenced by a supposed connection with taint.
See Attain, Attainder.]
1. To attain; to get act; to hit. [Obs.]
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2. (Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a
jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.]
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Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by
men of his own condition. --Blackstone.
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3. (Law) 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.
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No person shall be attainted of high treason where
corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of
two witnesses. --Stat. 7 & 8
Wm. III.
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4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
[Archaic]
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5. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or
with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
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My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any passion of inflaming love. --Shak.
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6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with
infamy.
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For so exceeding shone his glistring ray,
That Ph?bus' golden face it did attaint. --Spenser.
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Lest she with blame her honor should attaint.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Attaint \At*taint"\, p. p.
Attainted; corrupted. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Attaint \At*taint"\, n. [OF. attainte. See Attaint, v.]
1. A touch or hit. --Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Far.) A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by
overreaching. --White.
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3. (Law) 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. --Bouvier.
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4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint. --Shak.
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5. An infecting influence. [R.] --Shak.
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Attainted
(gcide) | Attaint \At*taint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attainted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Attainting.] [OE. atteynten to convict, fr. atteynt,
OF. ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4,
5, and 6 were influenced by a supposed connection with taint.
See Attain, Attainder.]
1. To attain; to get act; to hit. [Obs.]
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2. (Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a
jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.]
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Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by
men of his own condition. --Blackstone.
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3. (Law) 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.
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No person shall be attainted of high treason where
corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of
two witnesses. --Stat. 7 & 8
Wm. III.
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4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
[Archaic]
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5. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or
with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
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My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any passion of inflaming love. --Shak.
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6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with
infamy.
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For so exceeding shone his glistring ray,
That Ph?bus' golden face it did attaint. --Spenser.
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Lest she with blame her honor should attaint.
--Spenser.
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Attainting
(gcide) | Attaint \At*taint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attainted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Attainting.] [OE. atteynten to convict, fr. atteynt,
OF. ateint, p. p. of ateindre, ataindre. The meanings 3, 4,
5, and 6 were influenced by a supposed connection with taint.
See Attain, Attainder.]
1. To attain; to get act; to hit. [Obs.]
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2. (Old Law) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a
jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.]
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Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by
men of his own condition. --Blackstone.
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3. (Law) 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.
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No person shall be attainted of high treason where
corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of
two witnesses. --Stat. 7 & 8
Wm. III.
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4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
[Archaic]
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5. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or
with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
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My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any passion of inflaming love. --Shak.
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6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with
infamy.
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For so exceeding shone his glistring ray,
That Ph?bus' golden face it did attaint. --Spenser.
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Lest she with blame her honor should attaint.
--Spenser.
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Attaintment
(gcide) | Attaintment \At*taint"ment\, n.
Attainder; attainture; conviction.
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Attainture
(gcide) | Attainture \At*tain"ture\, n.
Attainder; disgrace.
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Bill of attainder
(gcide) | Attainder \At*tain"der\, n. [OF. ataindre, ateindre, to accuse,
convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to F.
teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.]
1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted;
the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a
person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as,
an act of attainder. --Abbott.
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Note: Formerly attainder was the inseparable consequence of a
judicial or legislative sentence for treason or felony,
and involved the forfeiture of all the real and
personal property of the condemned person, and such
"corruption of blood" that he could neither receive nor
transmit by inheritance, nor could he sue or testify in
any court, or claim any legal protection or rights. In
England attainders are now abolished, and in the United
States the Constitution provides that no bill of
attainder shall be passed; and no attainder of treason
(in consequence of a judicial sentence) shall work
corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the
life of the person attainted.
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2. A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or
condemnation. [Obs.]
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He lived from all attainder of suspect. --Shak.
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Bill of attainder, a bill brought into, or passed by, a
legislative body, condemning a person to death or
outlawry, and attainder, without judicial sentence.
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Reattain
(gcide) | Reattain \Re`at*tain"\ (r[=e]`[a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t.
To attain again.
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Reattainment
(gcide) | Reattainment \Re`at*tain"ment\ (r[=e]`[a^]t*t[=a]n"ment), n.
The act of reattaining.
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Unattainable
(gcide) | Unattainable \Unattainable\
See attainable. |
Unattained
(gcide) | Unattained \Unattained\
See attained. |
Unattainted
(gcide) | Unattainted \Unattainted\
See attainted. |
attainability
(wn) | attainability
n 1: the state of being achievable [syn: achievability,
attainability, attainableness] |
attainable
(wn) | attainable
adj 1: capable of being attained or accomplished; "choose an
attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at-
able by dint of study" [syn: attainable, {come-at-
able}] |
attainableness
(wn) | attainableness
n 1: the state of being achievable [syn: achievability,
attainability, attainableness] |
attainder
(wn) | attainder
n 1: cancellation of civil rights [syn: attainder, {civil
death}] |
attained
(wn) | attained
adj 1: achieved or reached; "the actual attained achievement
test score" |
attainment
(wn) | attainment
n 1: the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of
independence"
2: arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was
delayed by malnutrition"
3: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill,
accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment] |
attaint
(wn) | attaint
v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace,
dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour,
reward]
2: condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted" |
bill of attainder
(wn) | bill of attainder
n 1: a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or
felony without a trial; "bills of attainder are prohibited
by the Constitution of the United States" |
unattainable
(wn) | unattainable
adj 1: impossible to achieve; "an unattainable goal" [syn:
unachievable, unattainable, undoable,
unrealizable] |
unattainableness
(wn) | unattainableness
n 1: the state of being unattainable |
unattainably
(wn) | unattainably
adv 1: in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree;
"this house is unattainably expensive" [syn:
unattainably, unachievably] |
ATTAINDER
(bouvier) | ATTAINDER, English criminal law. Attinctura, the stain or corruption of
blood which arises from being condemned for any crime.
2. Attainder by confession, is either by pleading guilty at the bar
before the judges, and not putting one's self on one's trial by a jury; or
before the coroner in sanctuary, when in ancient times, the offender was
obliged to abjure the realm.
3. Attainder by verdict, is when the prisoner at the bar pleads not
guilty to the indictment, and is pronounced guilty by the verdict of the
jury.
4. Attainder by process or outlawry, is when the party flies, and is
subsequently outlawed. Co. Lit. 391.
5. Bill of attainder, is a bill brought into parliament for attainting
persons condemned for high treason. By the constitution of the United
States, art. 1, sect. 9, Sec. 3, it is provided that no bill of attainder or
ex post facto law shall be passed.
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ATTAINT
(bouvier) | ATTAINT, English law. 1. Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2. A
writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false
verdict. Bract. lib. 4, tr. 1, c. 134; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 22, Sec. 8.
2. It was a trial by jury of twenty-four men empanelled to try the
goodness, of a former verdict. 3 Bl. Com. 351; 3 Gilb. Ev. by Lofft, 1146.
See Assize.
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AUTREFOIS ATTAINT
(bouvier) | AUTREFOIS ATTAINT, crim. law. Formerly attainted.
2. This is a good plea in bar, where a second trial would be quite
superfluous. Co. Litt. 390 b, note 2; 4 Bl. Com. 336. Where, therefore, any
advantage either to public justice, or private individuals, would arise from
a second prosecution, the plea will not prevent it; as where the criminal is
indicted for treason after an attainder of felony, in which case the
punishment will be more severe and more extensive. 3 Chit. Cr. Law, 464.
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BILL OF ATTAINDER
(bouvier) | BILL OF ATTAINDER, legislation, punishment. An act of the legislature by
which one or more persons are declared to be attainted, and their property
confiscated.
2. The Constitution of the United States declares that no state shall
pass any bill of attainder.
3. During the revolutionary war, bills of attainder, and ox post facto
acts of confiscation, were passed to a wide extent. The evils resulting from
them, in times of more cool reflection, were discovered to have far
outweighed any imagined good. Story on Const. Sec. 1367. Vide Attainder;
Bill of Pains and Penalties.
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