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Distain

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Dis`tain´
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Distained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.]
[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.
- Spenser.
The worthiness of praise distains his worth.
- Shak.
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