tincture
noun
a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
tincturing
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present participleof tincture.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Here Gronk pantomimed forcibly tincturing a noncompliant Belichick.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2020
Perhaps Mother had taught me about it, when we were picking rosehips or tincturing hawthorn.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
“You are too particular,” said von Francius, after a pause, and with a flavor of some feeling which I did not quite understand tincturing his voice.
From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill
She also had received a whiff of the sweet, heavy gas which had been used, that seemed now to be tincturing the whole atmosphere of the car, especially in the long narrow passage.
From Jennie Baxter, Journalist by Robert Barr
His spirit was of that character that wins its way through life, tincturing every action with good-will for others, and seeking to promote the happiness of all around him in preference to his own.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various
