maculate

mac·u·late

transitive verb

-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing

Archaic to spot; stain; blemish; defile

Origin of maculate

Middle English maculaten from Classical Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare, to spot, speckle from macula, a spot, stain

spotted; blotched
defiled; impure

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maculate

transitive verb

mac·u·lat·ed, mac·u·lat·ing, mac·u·lates

To spot, blemish, or pollute.

adjective

Spotted, blotched, or stained.
Morally sullied or impure.

Origin of maculate

Middle English maculaten from Latin maculāre maculāt- from macula spot

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated)

To spot; to stain; to blur.

Adjective

(comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate)

Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
Defiled; impure.

Origin

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

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