different between false vs attaint

English

Etymology

From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English l?as (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /f??ls/, /f?ls/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f?ls/, /f?ls/

Adjective

false (comparative falser, superlative falsest)

1. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
2. Based on factually incorrect premises.

3. Spurious, artificial.
4. (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
5. Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

6. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
7. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
8. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
9. Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.

10. (music) Out of tune.

Synonyms

• lease
• See also Thesaurus:false

Antonyms

• (untrue): real, true

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

false (comparative more false, superlative most false)

1. in a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.

Noun

false (plural falses)

1. One of two options on a true-or-false test.

Anagrams

• A.S.L.E.F., Leafs, alefs, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa

Italian

Adjective

false f pl

1. feminine plural of falso

Latin

Noun

false

1. vocative singular of falsus

References

• false in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• false in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• false in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

false

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of falsar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of falsar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of falsar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of falsar.

English

Alternative forms

• atteint

Etymology

From Middle English atteinte, from Old French ateint, past participle of ateindre; in some senses influenced by taint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??te?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Adjective

attaint (comparative more attaint, superlative most attaint)

1. (obsolete) Convicted, attainted.
2. (obsolete) Attainted; corrupted.
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Part 5,^[1]

     My tender youth was never yet attaint

     With any passion of inflaming love,

Verb

attaint (third-person singular simple present attaints, present participle attainting, simple past and past participle attainted)

1. (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
2. (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, New York: Vintage, 1956, Appendix, p. 405,^[2]

     CHARLES STUART. Attainted and proscribed by name and grade in his British regiment.

3. (now rare) 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 [...].

   • 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, Chapter 34,^[3]

     Jem felt that his own character had been attainted; and that to many it might still appear suspicious.

Noun

attaint (plural attaints)

1. (archaic) A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 8,^[4]

     This politic selection did not alter the fortune of the field, the challengers were still successful: one of their antagonists was overthrown, and both the others failed in the “attaint”, that is, in striking the helmet and shield of their antagonist firmly and strongly, with the lance held in a direct line, so that the weapon might break unless the champion was overthrown.

   • 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, moving at the right speed.

2. A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow
3. (obsolete, law) The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict