Taint

tānt, v.t. to tinge, moisten, or impregnate with anything noxious: to infect: to stain.— v.i. to be affected with something corrupting.— n. a stain or tincture: infection or corruption: a spot: a moral blemish.— adj. Taint′le , without taint, pure.— adv. Taint′le ly , without taint.— n. Taint′ure ( Shak. ), taint, tinge, stain. [O. Fr. taint (Fr. teint ), pa.p. of teindre , to dye—L. tingĕre , tinctum , to wet.]