attaint

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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

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)

No attaint lies, nor can a new trial be awarded.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Such secrets, gentle reader, might, if revealed, attaint the lady's character.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various