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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Tingeing}.] [L. tingere, tinctum to dye, stain, wet; akin
to Gr ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf {Distain}, {Dunker}, {Stain},
{Taint} a stain, to stain, {Tincture}, {Tint}.]
To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;
as to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
color slightly; to stain; as to tinge a blue color with red;
an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
are tinged by a certain extravagance. --Addison.
Syn: To color; dye; stain.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tinged
adj : being colored slightly; sometimes used in combination;
"white petals touched with pink"; "the resplendent
sun-touched flag"; "pink-tinged apple blossoms" [syn: {touched}]
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