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Webster 1913 Edition
Variegate
Va′ri-e-gate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Variegated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Variegating
.] [L.
variegatus
, p. p. of variegare
to variegate; varius
various + agere
to move, make. See Various
, and Agent
.] To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak;
as, to
. variegate
a floor with marble of different colorsThe shells are filled with a white spar, which
variegates
and adds to the beauty of the stone. Woodward.
Webster 1828 Edition
Variegate
VA'RIEGATE
,Verb.
T.
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone.
Ladies like variegated tulips show.