Maculate Definition

măkyə-lāt
maculated, maculates, maculating
verb
maculates
To spot; stain; blemish; defile.
Webster's New World
adjective
Spotted; blotched.
Webster's New World
Defiled; impure.
Webster's New World

Origin of Maculate

  • Middle English maculaten from Latin maculāre maculāt- from macula spot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare (“to spot").

    From Wiktionary

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