Definition of taint

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

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Poison :: Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind..
Attaintment :: Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..
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..
Quandary :: Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Sappy :: Sappy (a.) Musty; tainted.
Positiveness :: Positiveness (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a..
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of event or issue.
Tainted :: Tainted (imp. & p. p.) of Tain.
Margin :: Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty..
Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..
Fugacity :: Fugacity (a.) Uncertainty; instability.
Spot :: Spot (v. t.) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse..
Savor :: Savor (a.) Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like..
Attainture :: Attainture (n.) Attainder; disgrace.
Security :: Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty..
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..
Assecuration :: Assecuration (n.) Assurance; certainty.
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
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