MINIATE

miniate, rubricate

(verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; “In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated”

miniate

(verb) paint with red lead or vermilion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

miniate (comparative more miniate, superlative most miniate)

Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Verb

miniate (third-person singular simple present miniates, present participle miniating, simple past and past participle miniated)

To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.

Anagrams

• intimae

Source: Wiktionary


Min"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating.] Etym: [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.]

Definition: To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.

Min"i*ate, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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