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Definition of Distain
1. 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 poetry.
Definition of Distain
1. Verb. (rare) To stain, discolour or tarnish ¹
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Definition of Distain
1. to stain [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: stain
Medical Definition of Distain
1. To tinge with a different colour from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolour; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." "[She] hath . . . Distained her honorable blood." (Spenser) "The worthiness of praise distains his worth." (Shak) Origin: OE. Desteinen, OF. Desteindre to take away the colour, F. Deteindre; pref. Des- (L. Dis-) + F. Teindre to tinge, dye, L. Tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distain
Literary usage of Distain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed by Kenneth Morris (1914)
"He raised the Dragon Shout, and went forward against the distain, ... At nightfall
he slew the distain, and made a pile of his armor on the shore. ..."
2. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"... that hast of love such pain, My lady commeth, that all this may distain. ...
For as the Sunne woll the fire distain, So passeth all my lady ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... that all this may distain. Thy faire body let it not appere, latine, ...
that hast of love such pain, My lady commeth, that all this may distain. ..."
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