distain
verbEtymology From Old French desteindre.
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Rare To stain, discolour or tarnish
- Thence riſe the tears that ſo diſtaine my cheeks, Fearing his loue through my vnworthyneſſe.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii: