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Webster 1913 Edition


Macule

Mac′ule

,
Noun.
[F.
macule
. See
Macula
.]
1.
A spot.
[Obs.]
2.
(Print.)
A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.

Mac′ule

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
maculer
. See
Maculate
,
Verb.
]
To blur; especially
(Print.)
, to blur or double an impression from type. See
Mackle
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Macule

MAC'ULE

,
Noun.
A spot. [supra.] [Little used.]

Definition 2024


macule

macule

See also: maculé

English

Alternative forms

Noun

macule (plural macules)

  1. A spot.
  2. A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing.

Verb

macule (third-person singular simple present macules, present participle maculing, simple past and past participle maculed)

  1. (printing) To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type.

References

  • macule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams


French

Verb

macule

  1. first-person singular present indicative of maculer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of maculer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of maculer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of maculer
  5. second-person singular imperative of maculer

Italian

Noun

macule f

  1. plural of macula

Portuguese

Verb

macule

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of macular
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of macular
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of macular
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of macular