attaint
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Rosader's third Sonnet Of virtuous love myself may boast alone, Since no suspect my service may attaint: For perfect fair she is the only one, Whom I esteem for my belovèd saint.
From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Edward Chauncey Baldwin
It seemed to purport, contrary to the Constitution, to attaint the property of rebels after their death, and Lincoln was unwilling that the Constitution should be stretched in the direction of revengeful harshness.
From Abraham Lincoln by Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron Charnwood
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
Others of his following failed not in the "attaint," and horses and troopers floundered in the sand.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
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 John Payne
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