tinct
verb (used with object)
to tinge or tint, as with color.
tinct
1 American
[tingkt]
/ tɪŋkt /
verb (used with object)
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to tinge or tint, as with color.
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Obsolete. to imbue.
adjective
noun
tinct.
2
American
abbreviation
tinct
British
/ tɪŋkt /
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tinct
1425–75 for earlier alchemical sense; 1585–95 tinct for def. 1; 1595–1605 tinct for def. 4; late Middle English < Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingere to dye, color, tinge
Vocabulary lists containing tinct
Example Sentences
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The afternoon was green; this do I recall; the haze in the atmosphere pregnant with the tinct of leaf and grass, so the water, the sky, all appeared submerged.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
But whence, Think you, this tinct of cinnamon that makes The savor of the dish.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
About eight o'clock in the evening, a noise is heard, dis- tinct even above the raging of the hurricane.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules
Till Britishry and Bonapartists lose Their clashing colours for the tawny hues That twilight sets on all its stealing tinct imbues.
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
What though it be only an azoic extract of intense potato, dimly tinct with sargasso and macaroni—it has a pleasing warmth and bulk.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
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