maculate
(adjective) spotted or blotched
defiled, maculate
(adjective) morally blemished; stained or impure
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
(verb) spot, stain, or pollute; “The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it”
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maculate (third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated)
To spot; to stain; to blur.
maculate (comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate)
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
Defiled; impure.
Source: Wiktionary
Mac"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.]
Definition: To spot; to stain; to blur. Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.
Mac"u*late, a. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Definition: Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
