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Attainted
//əˈteɪntəd// adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.
"The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor."
- 2 Tainted, corrupted. archaic
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of attaint form-of, participle, past
Etymology
Etymology 1
From attaint + -ed.
Etymology 2
From attaint + -ed.
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