All 4 Uses
taint
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- Unspeak mine own detraction, here abjure
The taints and blames I laid upon myself,
For strangers to my nature.p. 147.6 - Unspeak mine own detraction, here abjure
The taints and blames I laid upon myself,
For strangers to my nature.p. 164.7 - Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane
I cannot taint with fear.p. 169.2 * - Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane
I cannot taint with fear.p. 190.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, taint is used in a non-negative way to refer to a trace of something.