yə adjective
1.
spotted; stained.
2.
Archaic. defiled; impure.
verb (used with object) Archaic.
3.
to mark with a spot or spots; stain.
4.
to sully or pollute.
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| maculate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to spot, stain, or pollute |
| —adj | |
| 2. | spotted or polluted |
| [C15: from Latin maculāre to stain] | |
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Word Origin & History
maculate
"spotted," 1490, from L. maculatus, pp. of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain."
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maculate mac·u·late (māk'yə-lāt')
v. mac·u·lat·ed, mac·u·lat·ing, mac·u·lates
To spot or blemish. adj. (-lĭt)
Spotted or blotched.
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