attaint

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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 McGovern, John

The blood of one convicted of high treason is "attaint," and his deprivations extend to his descendants, unless Parliament remove the attainder.

From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by De Quincey, Thomas

With such janissaries and a penal code comprising everything in its elastic obscurity, there was no need for exceptional laws in order to attaint all Paris.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

"Do these reasons attaint, in any way, the honor, probity, or conduct of Monsieur John Lebrenn?" asked the young girl unfalteringly.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

Beaming in beauty, supreme in virtue, the resplendent aegis of truth shields her from attaint!

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas