tinctured

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tincture \Tinc"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinctured; p. pr. & vb. n. Tincturing.]

1.To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter. [1913 Webster]

A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]

2.To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge. [1913 Webster]

The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul.— Barrow.[1913 Webster]
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