attaint

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Now Parliament was called on by the king himself to attaint his ministers and his Queens.

From History of the English People, Volume IV by Green, John Richard

V. condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; nonsuit†. disapprove &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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 Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron

Nor if happily boys declare Thy dominion attaint, refuse, 130 Youth, the nuts to be flinging.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

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 Howells, William Dean