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Webster 1913 Edition

Maculate

Mac′u-late

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
maculatus
, p. p. of
maculare
to spot. See
Macula
, and cf.
Macule
,
Verb.
]
To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate
the honor of their people.
Sir T. Elyot.

Mac′u-late

,
Adj.
[L.
maculatus
, p. p.]
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure;
as, most
maculate
thoughts
.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Maculate

MAC'ULATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. maculo.] To spot; to stain.

MAC'ULATE

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