Definition of taint

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Taint (v. t.) Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

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Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
Demonstrator :: Demonstrator (n.) One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence..
Flyblown :: Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Incertainty :: Incertainty (n.) Uncertainty.
Taint :: Taint (n.) A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect..
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..
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..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (a.) Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Flutist :: Flutist (n.) To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
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..
Defile :: Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint..
Security :: Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty..
Fugacity :: Fugacity (a.) Uncertainty; instability.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Self-evident :: Self-evident (a.) Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth..
Uncertainty :: Uncertainty (n.) The quality or state of being uncertain.
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
Indefinitely :: Indefinitely (adv.) In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely..
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