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Webster 1913 Edition

Variegate

Va′ri-e-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Variegated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Variegating
.]
[L.
variegatus
, p. p. of
variegare
to variegate;
varius
various +
agere
to move, make. See
Various
, and
Agent
.]
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak;
as, to
variegate
a floor with marble of different colors
.
The shells are filled with a white spar, which
variegates
and adds to the beauty of the stone.
Woodward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Variegate

VA'RIEGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. vario, varius. See Vary.]
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone.
Ladies like variegated tulips show.

Definition 2024

variegate

variegate

English

Verb

variegate ‎(third-person singular simple present variegates, present participle variegating, simple past and past participle variegated)

  1. (transitive) to add variety to something; to diversify
  2. (transitive) to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour
  3. to dabble

Adjective

variegate ‎(not comparable)

  1. variegated

Derived terms

  • variegate porphyria

Italian

Adjective

variegate

  1. Feminine plural form of variegato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

variegāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of variegō

Etymology

From Late Latin variegare ‎(“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius ‎(“various”) + agere ‎(“to make, do”).

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