attaint

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Again, on the 30th October, a bill was ordered to attaint all such persons as were in rebellion against their Majesties.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Ah lost am I, if thou, O Saint, Canst thus in thought my heart attaint: No warning charge from thee I need; Ne'er could such crime from me proceed.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

What simple thief brags of his own attaint?

From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George

V. condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; nonsuit†. disapprove &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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