LekhoriLekhoriThe verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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[T]he water being ting'd red, cant it off, iterate it ſo long till the Vitriol tingeth the water no more.
To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
Hail! nurse of thought, with brow serene; / Who, as the sun, so wont, retires, / And leaves the sky to milder fires, / Tingest with shadowy forms the fading scene, [...]
To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
[H]is virtues, as well as imperfections, are as it were tinged by a certain extravagance, which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men.