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tainted |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tainted}; p. pr & vb n. {Tainting}.] To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tainted adj 1: touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic" [syn: {corrupt}] 2: especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn: {besmirched}, {damaged}, {flyblown}, {spotted}, {stained}, {sullied}, {tarnished}]
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