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English to English noun
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the state of being contaminated |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. | | source: webster1913
| 3 |
Tincture; hue; color; tinge. | | source: webster1913
verb
| 4 |
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | | Example: sully someone's reputation
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
contaminate with a disease or microorganism | | source: wordnet30
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To thrust ineffectually with a lance. | | source: webster1913
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To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting. | | source: webster1913
| 10 |
Aphetic form of Attaint. | | source: webster1913
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