Definition of taint

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Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

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Taint :: Taint (n.) An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner..
Sinful :: Sinful (a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts..
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..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Attainted :: Attainted (imp. & p. p.) of Attain.
Solidity :: Solidity (n.) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions..
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..
Taint :: Taint (n.) A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect..
Indistinction :: Indistinction (n.) Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.
Positiveness :: Positiveness (n.) The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a..
Hydra-tainted :: Hydra-tainted (a.) Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.
Anxiously :: Anxiously (adv.) In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Mildew :: Mildew (v. t.) To taint with mildew.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A touch or hit.
Contamination :: Contamination (n.) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates..
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..
Spotted :: Spotless (a.) Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior..
Taint :: Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Fugacity :: Fugacity (a.) Uncertainty; instability.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A stain or taint; disgrace. See Taint.
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