Maculate

[mac·u·late]

If your little sister has a maculate appearance, she either needs a good wipe with a damp towel or you should take her to the doctor straight away. A fairly technical word little used now, maculate means "spotted" or "blotchy."

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To spot; to stain; to blur.

Verb
spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

Verb
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

Adjective S.
spotted or blotched

Adjective S.
morally blemished; stained or impure


v.
To spot; to stain; to blur.

a.
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.


Maculate

Mac"u*late , v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.] To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people.

Maculate

Mac"u*late , a. [L. maculatus, p. p.] Marked with spots or macul'91; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. Shak.

To spot; to stain; to blur.

Marked with spots or macul'91; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.

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