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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Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Smutty :: Smutty (superl.) Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn..
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..
Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
Festivity :: Festivity (n.) The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
Ascertainment :: Ascertainment (n.) The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.
Venture :: Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
Flyblow :: Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows..
Surety :: Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
Barratrous :: Barratrous (/) Tainter with, or constituting, barratry..
Certainty :: Certainty (n.) A fact or truth unquestionable established.
Margin :: Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty..
Anxiously :: Anxiously (adv.) In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To know or learn with certainty.
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Tainted with adultery.
Tainture :: Tainture (n.) Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..
Flyblown :: Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
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