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Distain

Distain \Dis*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained; p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.] [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. d['e]teindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain.] 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. ``Distained with dirt and blood.''
--Spenser.

[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.
--Spenser.

The worthiness of praise distains his worth.
--Shak.

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distain

vb. (context rare English) To stain, discolour or tarnish

Usage examples of "distain".

Thence rise the tears that so distain my cheeks, Fearing his love through my unworthiness.

What better way for Trainer to show distain for his legal team than to send T.

The weather was cold, the livid damps hung upon the distained walls, and there was neither fire nor hearth.

And therefore I suppose she shall not be all distained, but that some good knight shall put his body in jeopardy for my queen rather than she shall be brent in a wrong quarrel.