attaint
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May He have mercy on him who saith: Look thou thy hoariness preserve from aught that may it stain, For whiteness still to take attaint is passing quick and fain.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John
You, reverend sir," said the knight, "have, in the encounter of our wits, made a fair attaint; whereas I may be in some sort said to have broken my staff across.
From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir
Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that have reigned before the Revolution, and consequently to stain the throne of England with the blot of a continual usurpation?
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
They were wholesomely housed in healthful places, and they were clad fitly for their labor and fitly for their leisure; the caprices of vanity were not suffered to attaint the beauty of the national dress.
From A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by Howells, William Dean
He stood attainted by solemn Act of Parliament; and though the judges ruled that the possession of the crown cleared all attaint the stigma and peril remained.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by Green, John Richard
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