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Webster 1913 Edition

Emaculate

E-mac′u-late

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
emaculatus
, p. p. of
emaculare
to clear from spots. See
Maculate
.]
To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
[Obs.]
Hales.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emaculate

EMAC'ULATE

,
Verb.
T.
[infra.] To take spots from. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

emaculate

emaculate

English

Verb

emaculate ‎(third-person singular simple present emaculates, present participle emaculating, simple past and past participle emaculated)

  1. (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
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Etymology

From Latin emaculatus, past participle of emaculare ‎(“to clear from spots”). See maculate.

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