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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINIATE

v.t.[L. minium, vermillion. ] To paint or tinge with vermillion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MINIATE

Min "i *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating.]Etym: [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium. ]

 

Defn: To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.

 

MINIATE

MINIATE Min "i *ate, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.