Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tainted"
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) 1.7 (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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