tincture

IPA: tˈɪŋktʃɝ

Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid.
(obsolete) A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic. [:Template:SAFESUBST:–Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
(by extension)
A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
(figuratively) A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
(heraldry) A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms; namely, a colour, fur, or metal.
(obsolete)
The act of colouring or dyeing.
(figuratively)
A slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.
A small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
(Christianity) Synonym of baptism
Scientific and alchemical senses.
(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
(by extension, humorous) A (small) alcoholic drink.
(obsolete except historical)
(alchemy)
An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.
A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.
(chemistry) The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.

(transitive)
(chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
(figuratively, chiefly in past participle form) Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
(pharmacy) To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
(intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality.

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