(obsolete) A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic. [15th–19th c.] / (by extension) / (obsolete)

(chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.

plural of tincture

(also figuratively) Coloured or stained with a dye or pigment; coloured, dyed, stained, tinged.

simple past tense and past participle of tincture

Having the effect of colouring or staining with a dye or pigment.

The act or process of colour or stain (something) with a dye or pigment. / (figuratively) The act of adding to or impregnating something with an abstract quality.

present participle of tincture

(medicine) The formulation and preparation of a tincture. / (medicine) Treatment with a tincture.

plural of tincturation