verb (used with object)
- to tinge or tint, as with color.
- Obsolete. to imbue.
adjective
- tinged; colored; flavored.
noun
- tint; tinge; coloring.
- tincture.
noun, verb
- an obsolete word for tint
adjective
- poetic tinted or coloured
n.c.1600, from Latin tinctus “a dyeing,” from tingere (see tincture). abbr.
- tincture