maculate

  • 11maculate — mac·u·late mak yə lət adj marked with spots * * * mac·u·late (makґu lāt) [L. maculatus spotted] macular …

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  • 12maculate — Synonyms and related words: besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, defiled, dotted, dotty, flea bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckle faced, freckled, freckly, impure, indecent, macular, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked …

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  • 13maculate — mækjÉ™lÉ™t v. stain, dirty, defile …

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  • 14maculate — [ makjʊleɪt] literary verb mark with a spot or spots; stain. adjective spotted or stained. Derivatives maculation noun Origin ME: from L. maculat , maculare to stain , from macula spot …

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  • 15maculate — I. v. a. Spot, stain, blur, blotch. II. a. 1. Spotted, blotted, maculose, blurred, blotched. 2. Defiled, impure, corrupt, unclean …

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  • 16maculate — v 1. mark, spot, speckle, bedaub, bespatter, spatter, splash; stain, smudge, smutch, smirch, smear; soil, dirty, sully, besmirch, muck or muck up, bemire; tarnish, blacken, discolor, mar, spoil. 2. pollute, infect, poison, contaminate, befoul or… …

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  • 17maculate — mac·u·late …

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  • 18maculate — mac•u•late [[t]ˈmæk yə lɪt[/t]] adj. 1) spotted; stained 2) defiled; impure • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L maculātus, ptp. of maculāre to spot, stain …

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  • 19maculate — To stain or make impure …

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  • 20maculate — verb (t) /ˈmækjəleɪt/ (say makyuhlayt) (maculated, maculating) 1. to mark with a spot or spots; stain. 2. to sully or pollute. –adjective /ˈmækjələt/ (say makyuhluht) 3. spotted; stained. 4. defiled or impure. {late Middle English, from Latin… …