Meaning of MACULATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'makyulit, [v]'makyu`leyt
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- [adj] spotted or blotched
- [adj] morally blemished; stained or impure
- [v] spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
- [v] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
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| | Synonyms: | | befoul, defile, defile, defiled, dirty, foul, impure, soiled, sully, tarnish, unclean |
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| | See Also: | | attaint, blob, blot, darken, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, fleck, shame, spot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mac"u*late\, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to
spot. See {Macula}, and cf. {Macule}, v.]
To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people. --Sir T.
Elyot.
\Mac"u*late\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Marked with spots or macul[ae]; blotched; hence, defiled;
impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, defiled, dotted, dotty, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckled, freckle-faced, freckly, impure, indecent, macular, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, punctated, smirched, soiled, spangled, spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unvirginal, unvirtuous |
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