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tinc⋅ture

  [tingk-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
2. a slight infusion, as of some element or quality: A tincture of education had softened his rude manners.
3. a trace; a smack or smattering; tinge: a tincture of irony.
4. Heraldry. any of the colors, metals, or furs used for the fields, charges, etc., of an escutcheon or achievement of arms.
5. a dye or pigment.
–verb (used with object)
6. to impart a tint or color to; tinge.
7. to imbue or infuse with something.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME: dye < L tīnctūra dyeing. See tinct, -ure
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tinc·ture   (tĭngk'chər)   
n.  

  1. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.

  2. An imparted color; a tint.

  3. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.

  4. A trace or vestige: "a faint tincture of condescension" (Robert Craft).

  5. An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine.

  6. Heraldry A metal, color, or fur.

tr.v.   tinc·tured, tinc·tur·ing, tinc·tures

  1. To stain or tint with a color.

  2. To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.


[Middle English, from Latin tīnctūra, a dyeing, from tīnctus, past participle of tingere, to dye.]
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Word Origin & History

tincture  (n.)
1400, from L. tinctura "act of dyeing or tingeing," from tinctus "dye," pp. of tingere "to tinge, dye, moisten, soak," from PIE base *teng- "to soak" (cf. O.H.G. dunkon "to soak," Gk. tengein "to moisten"). Meaning "solution of medicine in a mixture of alcohol" is first recorded 1646. The verb is recorded from 1616.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tinc·ture
Pronunciation: 'ti[ng](k)-ch&r
Function: noun
: a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic or hydroalcoholicmenstruum —compare LIQUOR b
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tincture tinc·ture (tĭngk'chər)
n.

  1. A coloring or dyeing substance.


  2. Abbr. tinct, tr An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine.

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