attainture
AmericanEtymology
Origin of attainture
1530–40; attaint + -ure, modeled on Medieval Latin attinctūra
Example Sentences
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Well, so its stands; and thus, I fear, at last Hume's knavery will be the duchess' wrack, And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall.
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
It certainly did occur to me that this claim might have been rested upon his supposed attainture.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
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