Definition of distain Distain
dis•tain
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What does distain mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- distain (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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distain
dis-tān′, v.t. to stain: to sully. [O. Fr. desteindre, to take away the colour of—L. dis, neg., and tingĕre, to stain. See Stain.]
