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ro⋅se⋅ate
[roh-zee-it, -eyt] 
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–adjective
| 1. | tinged with rose; rosy: a roseate dawn. |
| 2. | bright or promising: a roseate future. |
| 3. | incautiously optimistic: a roseate forecast for holiday sales. |
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| ro·se·ate (rō'zē-ĭt, -āt') adj.
[From Latin roseus, rosy, from rosa, rose.] ro'se·ate·ly adv. |
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Roseate
Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. Roseate tern (Zo["o]l.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.
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