Definition of taint

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Taint (n.) A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect..

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Certainty :: Certainty (n.) The quality, state, or condition, of being certain..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Tainted with adultery.
Taint :: Taint (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..
Corrupter :: Corrupter (n.) One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals..
Demonstrator :: Demonstrator (n.) One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence..
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
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..
Uncertainty :: Uncertainty (n.) That which is uncertain; something unknown.
Maybe :: Maybe (n.) Possibility; uncertainty.
Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.
Sappy :: Sappy (a.) Musty; tainted.
Probabilist :: Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions..
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty..
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty..
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..
Infection :: Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried..
Poison :: Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..
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