Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to attaint
Participle: attainted
Gerund: attainting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | attaint |
| you | attaint |
| he;she;it | attaints |
| we | attaint |
| you | attaint |
| they | attaint |
Perfect
| I | have attainted |
| you | have attainted |
| he;she;it | has attainted |
| we | have attainted |
| you | have attainted |
| they | have attainted |
Past
| I | attainted |
| you | attainted |
| he;she;it | attainted |
| we | attainted |
| you | attainted |
| they | attainted |
Pluperfect
| I | had attainted |
| you | had attainted |
| he;she;it | had attainted |
| we | had attainted |
| you | had attainted |
| they | had attainted |
Future
| I | will attaint |
| you | will attaint |
| he;she;it | will attaint |
| we | will attaint |
| you | will attaint |
| they | will attaint |
Future Perfect
| I | will have attainted |
| you | will have attainted |
| he;she;it | will have attainted |
| we | will have attainted |
| you | will have attainted |
| they | will have attainted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | attaint |
| you | attaint |
| he;she;it | attaint |
| we | attaint |
| you | attaint |
| they | attaint |
Perfect
| I | have attainted |
| you | have attainted |
| he;she;it | have attainted |
| we | have attainted |
| you | have attainted |
| they | have attainted |
Imperfect
| I | attainted |
| you | attainted |
| he;she;it | attainted |
| we | attainted |
| you | attainted |
| they | attainted |
Pluperfect
| I | had attainted |
| you | had attainted |
| he;she;it | had attainted |
| we | had attainted |
| you | had attainted |
| they | had attainted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would attaint |
| you | would attaint |
| he;she;it | would attaint |
| we | would attaint |
| you | would attaint |
| they | would attaint |
Perfect
| I | would have attainted |
| you | would have attainted |
| he;she;it | would have attainted |
| we | would have attainted |
| you | would have attainted |
| they | would have attainted |
Imperative
| you | attaint |
| we | Let's attaint |
| you | attaint |
Verbs conjugated like 'attaint'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'attaint'
attain,
attrist,
attrit,
taint,
untaint,
abjoint,
abstain,
acquaint,
adaunt,
amain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English atteinte, from Old French ateint, past participle of ateindre; in some senses influenced by taint.
Sample Sentences
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Tom Truth is attainted. All he has — not much — is forfeit to the king, and he is entitled to nothing but a traitorʼs death. [2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 216:]
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CHARLES STUART. Attainted and proscribed by name and grade in his British regiment. [1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, New York: Vintage, published 1956, Appendix, p. 405:]
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Amoret right fearefull was and faint, / Lest she with blame her honor should attaint […]. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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Jem felt that his own character had been attainted; and that to many it might still appear suspicious. [1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 34, in Mary Barton:]