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maculate

[ adjective mak-yuh-lit; verb mak-yuh-leyt ]

adjective

  1. spotted; stained.
  2. Archaic. defiled; impure.


verb (used with object)

Archaic.
maculated, maculating.
  1. to mark with a spot or spots; stain.
  2. to sully or pollute.

maculate

verb

  1. tr to spot, stain, or pollute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. spotted or polluted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maculate1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin maculātus (past participle of maculāre to spot, stain). See macula, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maculate1

C15: from Latin maculāre to stain
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Example Sentences

A few drops of lukewarm water maculated the sidewalks with spots as big as dollars.

And I was shown in that Vision the Calvaries of maternity common to all, whether the conception be immaculate, so-called if within the law, or maculate, so-called if without the law.

Ten priests, in white vestments, maculated with red, stepped out to the centre of the altar.

His heavy, blunt hand fumbled under the maculate apron; his chest heaved with a sudden, tempestuous breathing.

The room was long, dark, narrow, slovenly, spaced with tables on which were maculate cloths and lamps with faded shades.

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