Taint

tant, v. t. To imbue or impregnate, as with some extraneous matter which alters the sensible qualities of the substance; to impregnate with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; to stain, sully, tarnish, contaminate, pollute", infect, disease, vitiate, poison. — v. i. To be infected or corrupted; to be affected with incipient putrefaction. — n. Tincture; stain: infection; corruption; a blemish on reputation. — Tainfure, tan'chur, n. Taint; tinge; defilement; stain.