tincture
/ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/ verb C2- To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
- 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.
- To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
He/she/it tinctures · Past tinctured · Past participle tinctured · -ing form tincturing
Verb forms
- Base form
- tincture
- He/she/it
- tinctures
- Past
- tinctured
- Past participle
- tinctured
- -ing form
- tincturing
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“Talking of countries,” replied Franz, “of what country is the count, what is his native tongue, whence does he derive his immense fortune, and what were those events of his early life—a life as marvellous as unknown—that have tinctured his succeeding years with so dark and gloomy a misanthropy?
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