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Definition: Distaining
Distain
\Dis*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Distained; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Distaining.] [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take
away the color, F. d['e]teindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F.
teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See
Tinge, and cf.
Stain.]
To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper
one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile;
-- used chiefly in poetry.
“Distained with dirt and blood.”
--Spenser.
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[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.
--Spenser.
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The worthiness of praise distains his worth. --Shak.
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