attaint

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for attaint

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attaint : රාජද්‍රෝහි වරදට ප්‍රජා හිමිකම් අහෝසි කරනවා

attaint : අහිමි කරනවා

attaint : දූෂිත කරනවා

attaint : පරිභව කරනවා

attaint definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To attain; to get act; to hit.
  2. To find guilty; to convict; -- said Especially. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
  3. 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.
  4. To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
  5. To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
  6. To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.

Past Participle. Attainted; corrupted.

Verb.

  1. A touch or hit.
  2. A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
  3. 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.
  4. A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
  5. An infecting influence.