maculate

== English == === Etymology === First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation 1 === IPA(key): /ˈmækjʊleɪt/ Rhymes: -ækjʊleɪt, -ækjʊlət ==== Verb ==== maculate (third-person singular simple present maculates, present participle maculating, simple past and past participle maculated) To spot; to stain; to blur. (obsolete) past participle of maculate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Pronunciation 2 === IPA(key): /ˈmækjʊlət/, /ˈmækjələt/ Rhymes: -ækjʊleɪt, -ækjʊlət ==== Adjective ==== maculate (comparative more maculate, superlative most maculate) (now rare, poetic) Marked with spots or maculae; blotched. Defiled, impure. ===== Translations ===== === References === “maculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Adjective === maculate feminine plural of maculato === Anagrams === calumate, malcaute == Latin == === Participle === maculāte vocative masculine singular of maculātus == Spanish == === Verb === maculate second-person singular voseo imperative of macular combined with te