TINCTURE (2)

tincture (2). Tincture, v.t. to tinge, color, die, imbue, infect

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Tinc″ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinctured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tincturing.] 1. 1. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors. I. Watts. 2. 2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.
The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul. Barrow.