Definition of taint

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Taint (v. i.) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather..

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Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement..
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..
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) An infecting influence.
Indistinction :: Indistinction (n.) Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation..
Jacobinize :: "Jacobinize (v. t.) To taint with, or convert to, Jacobinism..
Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Maze :: Maze (n.) Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
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..
Contaminate :: Contaminate (v. t.) To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile..
Taint :: Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Mildew :: Mildew (v. i.) To become tainted with mildew.
Attaintment :: Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.
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..
Taint :: Taint (n.) A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Dubitancy :: Dubitancy (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.
Taintless :: Taintless (a.) Free from taint or infection; pure.
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting..
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