attaint
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Nor if happily boys declare Thy dominion attaint, refuse, 130 Youth, the nuts to be flinging.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis
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
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 John Richard Green
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 William Dean Howells
If you are Tam O'Shanter, I cannot very well advise you to seek out some worthy young man for an associate and attaint his character and his reputation by clinging to him.
From The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future by John McGovern
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