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Maculate

Maculate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Maculate? [adj] spotted or blotched [adj] morally blemished; stained or impure [v] spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [v] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Maculate: befoul \| defile \| defile \| defiled \| dirty \| foul \| impure \| soiled \| sully \| tarnish \| unclean Related Terms \| Find terms related to Maculate: besmirched \| bespangled \| bespeckled \| blotched \| blotchy \| defiled \| dotted \| dotty \| flea-bitten \| flecked \| fleckered \| frecked \| freckled \| freckle-faced \| freckly \| impure \| indecent \| macular \| maculated \| patchy \| peppered \| pocked \| pockmarked \| pocky \| pointille \| pointillistic \| polka-dot \| punctated \| smirched \| soiled \| spangled \| spattered \| specked \| speckled \| speckledy \| speckly \| splashed \| splattered \| splotched \| splotchy \| spotted \| spotty \| sprinkled \| stippled \| studded \| sullied \| tainted \| unchaste \| unclean \| unvirginal \| unvirtuous See Also \| attaint \| blob \| blot \| darken \| disgrace \| dishonor \| dishonour \| fleck \| shame \| spot Maculate In Webster's Dictionary \Mac"ulate\, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See {Macula}, and cf. {Macule}, v.] To spot; to stain; to blur. Maculate the honor of their people. --Sir T. Elyot. \Mac"ulate\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.] Marked with spots or macul[ae]; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.

Maculate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maculate?

[adj] spotted or blotched
[adj] morally blemished; stained or impure
[v] spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
[v] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

Maculate In Webster's Dictionary

\Mac"u*late\, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to
spot. See {Macula}, and cf. {Macule}, v.]
To spot; to stain; to blur.

      Maculate the honor of their people.      --Sir T.
                                               Elyot.


\Mac"u*late\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Marked with spots or macul[ae]; blotched; hence, defiled;
impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.

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