attaint
verb (used with object)
to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
unattainted
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a word derived from
attaint.
Example Sentences
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If he had died in 1603, unattainted, in peace at Sherborne, it is a question whether he would have attracted the notice of posterity in any very general degree.
From Raleigh by Andrew Lang
The mysterious chieftain, the mute captain of the conspiracy of Amboise, Prince Louis of Conde, remained unattainted, and he remained at Amboise itself.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Robert Black
Go thither; and, with unattainted eye, Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A certain refinement of spirit results, like the pallor on the face of a chronic invalid, which has a delicate beauty unattainted by ruddy health.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
They knew that as long as Kossuth lived, with character unattainted, scarce a king in Europe that did not need to sit trembling on his throne.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
