Definition of taint

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Taint (v. i.) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

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Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder..
Security :: Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty..
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
Attainting :: Attainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attain.
Certainties :: Certainties (pl. ) of Certaint.
High :: High (superl.) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high..
Maybe :: Maybe (n.) Possibility; uncertainty.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain..
Assize :: Assize (n.) Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize..
Dubitancy :: Dubitancy (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.
Attainted :: Attainted (imp. & p. p.) of Attain.
Dubiety :: Dubiety (n.) Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint..
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Certainness :: Certainness (n.) Certainty.
Surety :: Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty..
Tainting :: Tainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tain.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried..
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