tincture
noun
a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
tinctured
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past participleof tincture.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tincture.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tincturenouna solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
Example Sentences
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Lawrence bounds over to a shelf with several jars of a brown tinctured slurry, the results of which they’ll use to create a cacao perfume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
Baehrel has a thing for molecular gastronomy; his small bites are dehydrated, infused, and tinctured on their way from lawn to mouth.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 12, 2013
But the celebration was tinctured with deep unease.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2011
The mushroom rose high above dark bands of natural clouds, showing traces of brown and small brilliant pinpoints of light, tinctured cerise and pink by the dawn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marcus Aurelius was surrounded by the disciples of the most various schools, and his Stoicism was much tinctured by the milder and more religious spirit of Platonism.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
