Taint

[taint]

Taint means to contaminate. If your water supply is tainted with arsenic, you should stop drinking it right away.

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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.

Taint

Taint , n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See Attaint.] 1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.]
This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath.
2. 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. [Obs.]

Taint

Taint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tainted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tainting.] To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]

Taint

Taint, v. t. 1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. [Obs.]
Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely.
2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]
They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.

Taint

Taint, v. t. [F. teint, p.p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See Tinge, and cf. Tint.] 1. 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. 2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.
Syn. -- To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison.

Taint

Taint , v. i. 1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
I can not taint with fear.
2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

Taint

Taint, n. 1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.] 2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.
He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to remove.
3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.

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; as, putrid substance taint the air.

To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

Tincture; hue; color; tinge.

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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.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Let'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.