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Attaint vs Attains - What's the difference?

attaint | attains |

As verbs the difference between attaint and attains

is that attaint is (archaic) to subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights while attains is (attain).

As an adjective attaint

is (obsolete) convicted, attainted.

As a noun attaint

is (archaic) a blow or strike, especially in jousting.

attaint

English

Alternative forms

* atteint

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
  • (obsolete) Attainted; corrupted.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
  • (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
  • To taint; to corrupt, sully.
  • * 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:
    • Amoret right fearefull was and faint, / Lest she with blame her honor should attaint [...].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 484:
    • At the moment of impact, the king's eyes are open, his body braced for the atteint ; he takes the blow perfectly, its force absorbed by a body securely armoured, moving in the right direction, maving at the right speed.
  • A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow
  • (obsolete, legal) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict

    • attains

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (attain)

    • attain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To accomplish; to achieve.
    • To attain such a high level of proficiency requires hours of practice each day.
  • To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
  • * Fuller
    • not well attaining his meaning
  • To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
  • * Milton
    • Canaan he now attains .
  • * Bible, Psalms cxxxix. 6
    • Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I can not attain unto it.
  • To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
  • * Bible, Acts xxvii. 12
    • if by any means they might attain to Phenice
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Nor nearer might the dogs attain .
  • * Cowper
    • to see your trees attain to the dignity of timber
  • * J. R. Green
    • Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this.
  • To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
  • (obsolete) To overtake.
    • (Francis Bacon)