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taint
(t/eI/nt
)
noun (n)
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.(noun)source: webster1913
- Tincture; hue; color; tinge.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To thrust ineffectually with a lance.(verb)source: webster1913
- To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.(verb)source: webster1913
- To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.(verb)source: webster1913
- To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.(verb)source: webster1913
- Aphetic form of Attaint.(verb)source: webster1913