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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Distain \Dis*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distaining}.] [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. d[82]teindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Stain}.] 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. [bd]Distained with dirt and blood.[b8] --Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. --Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. --Shak. | |
