Tingeing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tinge \Tinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tingeing}.] [L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin
     to Gr. ?, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunch[=o]n,
     dunch[=o]n, thunk[=o]n. Cf. {Distain}, {Dunker}, {Stain},
     {Taint} a stain, to stain, {Tincture}, {Tint}.]
     To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign;


     as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in
     some degree with the qualities of another substance, either
     by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to
     color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red;
     an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.
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           His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections,
           are tinged by a certain extravagance.    --Addison.
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     Syn: To color; dye; stain.
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