Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To stain, discolour or tarnish

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Both hands are labouring the fierce knots to pull; / black gore and slime his sacred wreaths distain. / Loud are his moans.

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Origin

From Old French desteindre.

From Old French desteindre.

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Forms

distains, distaining, distained, distained
Base formdistain · to distain
3rd person singulardistains
Present participledistaining
Past simpledistained
Past participledistained

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydistain
he, she, itdistains

Past simpleLesson

all personsdistained

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave distained
he, she, ithas distained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill distain

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dissolveB1dissonancedissuadedistanceB1distantB1distaste
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