Definition of taint

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Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

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Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
Quandary :: Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Proof :: Proof (n.) That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration..
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter..
Quandary :: Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty..
Probabilist :: Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions..
Doubtance :: Doubtance (n.) State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.
Quitch :: Quitch (n.) Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.
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..
Demonstrator :: Demonstrator (n.) One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence..
Unconfidence :: Unconfidence (n.) Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.
Attaintment :: Attaintment (n.) Attainder; attainture; conviction.
Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions..
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather..
Mildew :: Mildew (v. i.) To become tainted with mildew.
Contamination :: Contamination (n.) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates..
Rely :: Rely (v. i.) To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in..
Taint :: Taint (n.) A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect..
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..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
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