Abstain :: Abstain (v. i.) To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from..
Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
Distain :: Distain (v. t.) To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood..
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass..
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
Stain :: Stain (v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stain :: Stain (n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth..
Stain :: Stain (n.) A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Sustain :: Sustaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sustai.
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate..