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To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.

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  1. v. t. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.
  2. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.
  3. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one;to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- usedchiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser.[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser.The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.
  4. v. t. To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.