Definition of taint

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Taint (v. t.) 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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Certainties :: Certainties (pl. ) of Certaint.
Tack :: Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack..
Certitude :: Certitude (n.) Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.
Surety :: Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
Believe :: Believe (v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith..
Contaminate :: Contaminate (v. t.) To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile..
Incertainty :: Incertainty (n.) Uncertainty.
Attaint :: Attaint (p. p.) Attainted; corrupted.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To know or learn with certainty.
Attaintment :: Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.
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..
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..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (a.) Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance..
Contaminate :: Contaminate (a.) Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
Attainture :: Attainture (n.) Attainder; disgrace.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment..
Margin :: Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) 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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