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Definition
to spoil something so it is not desirable — as when bacteria contaminates a food; or as when a rumor makes people distrust a person
- —it's tainted.Chapters 133-135 -- The Chase--First Day; The Chase--Second Day; The Chase--Third Day (63% in)
There are no more uses of "taint" in Moby Dick.
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