attaint
Example Sentences
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Unneth thy flocks may feed to see thee faint, Thou lost, they lean, and both with woe attaint.
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia by Martha Foote Crow
The Versaillese want more than the body; they must attaint the rebellious mind, surround it with an atmosphere of stench and vice, in order to make it fail and founder.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
Beaming in beauty, supreme in virtue, the resplendent aegis of truth shields her from attaint!
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
No attaint lies, nor can a new trial be awarded.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The defendant, when sued in England on a bill, pleaded the attaint of the plaintiff, who had received the pardon of Macquarie.
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by John West
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