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Webster 1913 Edition


Maculate

Mac′u-late

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
maculatus
, p. p. of
maculare
to spot. See
Macula
, and cf.
Macule
,
Verb.
]
To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate
the honor of their people.
Sir T. Elyot.

Mac′u-late

,
Adj.
[L.
maculatus
, p. p.]
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure;
as, most
maculate
thoughts
.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Maculate

MAC'ULATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. maculo.] To spot; to stain.

MAC'ULATE


Definition 2024


maculate

maculate

English

Verb

maculate (third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated)

  1. To spot; to stain; to blur.
    • Sir T. Elyot
      Maculate the honour of their people.

Translations

Adjective

maculate (comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate)

  1. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
  2. Defiled; impure.
    • 1998 May 25, in The New Republic:
      [Les Misérables is] about the struggle of a mistreated man as he rises to the top, along with a mortal conflict between this maculate virtuous man and an immaculate pursuing demon.

Translations

References

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

Italian

Adjective

maculate

  1. feminine plural of maculato

Anagrams


Latin

Participle

maculāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of maculātus