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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·tain v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.]  To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. “Distained with dirt and blood.”
    [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.   --Spenser.
    The worthiness of praise distains his worth.   --Shak.
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