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Miniate

Miniate Meaning & Definition
Miniate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Miniate?

[v] decorate with letters painted red, of manuscripts; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
[v] paint with red lead or vermilion

Synonyms | Synonyms for Miniate: rubricate

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See Also | color | colour | emblazon | illuminate

Miniate In Webster's Dictionary

\Min"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Miniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miniating}.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See {Minium}.] 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.
\Min"i*ate\, a. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

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