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mac⋅u⋅late

  [adj. mak-yuh-lit; v. mak-yuh-leyt] adjective, verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L maculātus (ptp. of maculāre to spot, stain). See macula, -ate 1
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mac·u·late   (māk'yə-lāt')   
tr.v.   mac·u·lat·ed, mac·u·lat·ing, mac·u·lates
To spot, blemish, or pollute.
adj.   (-lĭt)

  1. Spotted or blotched.

  2. Stained; impure.


[Middle English maculaten, from Latin maculāre, maculāt-, from macula, spot.]
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Word Origin & History

maculate  (adj.)
"spotted," 1490, from L. maculatus, pp. of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mac·u·late
Pronunciation: 'mak-y&-l&t
Function: adjective
: marked with spots
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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