Taint means to contaminate. If your water supply is tainted with arsenic, you should stop drinking it right away.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
Noun
the state of being contaminated
Verb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"
n.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
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.
v. i.
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
v. t.
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
v. t.
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
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.
v. t.
Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
v. i.
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.
v. i.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.
n.
Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
n.
Infection; corruption; deprivation.
n.
A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
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This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath.2.
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Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely.2.
They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
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His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.
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I can not taint with fear.2.
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He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.3.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison;
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Usage Examples
But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.
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Other Usage ExamplesLet's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite.
I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.
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