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Webster 1913 Edition
Maculate
Mac′u-late
,Adj.
[L.
maculatus
, p. p.] Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure;
as, most
. maculate
thoughtsShak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Maculate
MAC'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
MAC'ULATE
Definition 2024
maculate
maculate
English
Verb
maculate (third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated)
Translations
To spot; to stain; to blur
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Adjective
maculate (comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate)
- Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
- 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.
- 1998 May 25, in The New Republic:
Translations
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched
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References
- maculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913