Distain — Defs

01 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 …

imp. & p. p. Distained; p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining

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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.
“[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.” — Spenser.

“The worthiness of praise distains his worth.” — Shak.