Read full poem →a. Sir George Wakeman was physician to the queen, and a catholic.
He was tried for the memorable Popish plot and acquitted, the
credit of the witnesses being now blasted, by the dying
Dictionary Entry
To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
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Poetry examples for “acquitted”
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