attainture
(əˈteɪntjʊə(r))
[f. attaint v., after (Eng.) med.L. attinctūra, f. attinctus, when this was used to translate OF. atteint.]
1. = attaintment, attainder.
| 1538 Leland Itin. VII. 71 It was the Lord Lovel's Pocession. Sens by Attainture it cam by gift to Knolls. 1580 Baret Alv. A 694 Attaynture, or bloud stained and corrupted, Sanies, Tinctura, Attinctura. 1593 Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, i. ii. 105 Her Attainture will be Humphreyes fall. a 1655 R. Hall in Fuller Ch. Hist. v. III. 110 At his attainture the King's Officers seised on all he had. |
2. fig. Imputation of dishonour; stain.
| 1608 Chapman Byron's Trag. Plays 1873 II. 268 Without the least attainture of your valour. 1644 Milton Judgm. Bucer (1851) 304 Their pure unblamable Spirits..they must attaint with new Attaintures. |