Both Uses of
taint
in
The War of the Worlds
- On the twelfth day my throat was so painful that, taking the chance of alarming the Martians, I attacked the creaking rain-water pump that stood by the sink, and got a couple of glassfuls of blackened and tainted rain water.†
Chpt 2.5
- It's a sort of disloyalty, after all, to live and taint the race.†
Chpt 2.7 *
Definition:
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(taint) to spoil something so it is not desirable -- as when bacteria contaminates a food; or as when a rumor makes people distrust a person