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taint

(t/eI/nt )

the state of being contaminated(noun.state)

Synonym:
contamination

source: wordnet30
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.(noun)

source: webster1913
Tincture; hue; color; tinge.(noun)

source: webster1913

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon(verb.contact)

Synonym:
cloud, corrupt, defile, sully

source: wordnet30
contaminate with a disease or microorganism(verb.body)

Synonym:
infect
Antonym:
disinfect

source: wordnet30
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.(verb)

source: webster1913
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.(verb)

source: webster1913
Aphetic form of Attaint.(verb)

source: webster1913

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