MACULATED

Verb

maculated

simple past tense and past participle of maculate

Adjective

maculated (comparative more maculated, superlative most maculated)

Having spots or blotches; maculate.

Source: Wiktionary


Mac"u*la`ted, a.

Definition: Having spots or blotches; maculate.

MACULATE

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



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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