About The Word Variegate
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Variegate
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What's The Definition Of Variegate?
[v] make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
[v] change the appearance of, esp. by marking with different colors Synonyms | Synonyms for Variegate: motley | vary Related Terms | Find terms related to Variegate: See Also | alter | change | checker | chequer | diversify Variegate In Webster's Dictionary \Va"ri*e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Variegated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Variegating}.] [L. variegatus, p. p. of
variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make.
See {Various}, and {Agent}.]
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different
colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with
marble of different colors.
The shells are filled with a white spar, which
variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone.
--Woodward.
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