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maculate
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MACULATE
v.t.[L. maculo.] To spot; to stain.
MACULATE, MACULATED
a.Spotted.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MACULATE
Mac "u *late, v. t. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.]
Defn: To spot; to stain; to blur. Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.
MACULATE
Mac "u *late, a. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Defn: Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. Shak.
MACULATED
MACULATED Mac "u *la `ted, a.
Defn: Having spots or blotches; maculate.
New American Oxford Dictionary
maculate
mac u late |ˈmakyəˌlāt ˈmækjəˌleɪt | literary ▶adjective spotted or stained. ▶verb [ with obj. ] mark with a spot or spots; stain. DERIVATIVES mac u la tion |ˌmakyəˈlāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb ): from Latin maculat- ‘spotted, ’ from the verb maculare, from macula ‘spot. ’
Oxford Dictionary
maculate
maculate |ˈmakjʊleɪt | literary ▶adjective spotted or stained. ▶verb [ with obj. ] mark with a spot or spots; stain: a dirty white T-shirt maculated with barbecue sauce. DERIVATIVES maculation noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb ): from Latin maculat- ‘spotted ’, from maculare ‘to spot ’, from macula ‘spot ’.
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