Englishfor English speakers
taint
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noun
(= contamination)
the state of being contaminated
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verb
(= infect)
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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verb
(= sully)
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully someone's reputation
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.