Found 3 items, similar to taint.
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Definition: taint
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: taint
taint
n : the state of being contaminated [syn:
contamination]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
“sully someone's
reputation” [syn:
defile,
sully,
corrupt,
cloud]
2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn:
infect]
[ant:
disinfect]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Taint
Taint
\Taint\, v. t.
1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or
unscientific manner. [Obs.]
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Do not fear; I have
A staff to taint, and bravely. --Massinger.
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2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]
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They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
--Ld. Berners.
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Taint
\Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge,
fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See
Tinge, and cf.
Tint.]
1. 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.
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2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
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His unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love. --Shak.
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Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.
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Taint
\Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
Attaint.]
1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
[Obs.]
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This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath. --Chapman.
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2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its
being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter
in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.]
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Taint
\Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Tainted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tainting.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]
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Taint
\Taint\, v. i.
1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
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I can not taint with fear. --Shak.
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2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.
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Taint
\Taint\, n.
1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]
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2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
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He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove. --Macaulay.
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3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
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Taint
\Taint\, v. t.
Aphetic form of
Attaint.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]