transitive. To mark, spot, or stain (something). (In quot. 1616 figurative).

transitive. To colour, dye; to stain.

transitive. To blot all over; also figurative.

To stain, distain.

transitive. To stain, defile; to infect.

transitive. To damage or blemish the appearance of (something) by colouring a part of its surface; to discolour by spots or streaks of blood, dirt…

transitive. To stain or taint, esp. with moral defilement, or with the imputation of guilt or shameful conduct; to stigmatize; rarely (quot. 1541)…

To stain; to mark with spots.

transitive. To spot, stain; to cover with moles or other blemishes. Only in passive.

transitive. To mark with a blob of ink or colour; to blot or blur.

transitive. To spot or stain with ink or other discolouring liquid or matter; to blur.

transitive. To stain, dirty, defile. Obsolete.

transitive. To spot, stain, or soil (something); (now rare) to defile (a person or thing). (literal and figurative.)

(transitive) to stain thoroughly.

transitive. To stain, spot, or defile all over. Chiefly figurative.

transferred. To mark with a stain, scar, or blemish.

transferred and figurative. To mark, spot, or stain, esp. in a permanent way; to affect or characterize permanently as if by marking; to defame…

To stain, mark, leave an impression on.

transitive. To stain (a thing) over its surface, to mark with stains.