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tincture v

(transitive) (chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment. (figuratively, chiefly in past participle form) Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge. (pharmacy) To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture. (intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality. [...]

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