noun tincture; hue; color; tinge.
2. taint ·noun infection; corruption; deprivation.
3. taint ·vt to hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
4. taint ·vi to thrust ineffectually with a lance.
5. taint ·add. ·vt aphetic form of attaint.
6. taint ·noun a blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
7. taint ·noun a thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
8. taint ·vi to be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
9. taint ·vi to be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
10. taint ·vt fig.: to stain; to sully; to tarnish.
11. taint ·vt to injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
12. taint ·noun an injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
13. taint ·vt to imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.