Definition of taint

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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..

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Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water..
Certain :: Certain (n.) Certainty.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Assize :: Assize (n.) Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize..
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
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..
Gamy :: Gamy (a.) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored..
Attainder :: Attainder (n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder..
Mildew :: Mildew (v. t.) To taint with mildew.
Quandary :: Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty..
Obscurity :: Obscurity (n.) The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.
Anxiously :: Anxiously (adv.) In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Tainting :: Tainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tain.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious..
Ascertainment :: Ascertainment (n.) The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.
Attainting :: Attainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attain.
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Certainty :: Certainty (n.) The quality, state, or condition, of being certain..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
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