Definition of taint

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Taint (v. i.) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

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Suspense :: Suspense (a.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
Tainted :: Tainted (imp. & p. p.) of Tain.
Ambiguity :: Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression..
Dubiety :: Dubiety (n.) Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
Tack :: Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. i.) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain..
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter..
Belief :: Belief (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses..
Poison :: Poison (n.) That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To attain; to get act; to hit.
Tainting :: Tainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tain.
Quandary :: Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Ascertain :: Ascertain (v. t.) To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Tainted with adultery.
Venture :: Venture (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.
Poison :: Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind..
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