Definition of "tincture" in English

noun

1. Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid.

2. Scientific and alchemical senses.

verb

1. To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.

2. 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.

3. To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.

4. (intransitive, rare) To have a taint or tinge of some quality.