Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maculate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maculate \Mac"u*late\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Marked with spots or macul[ae]; blotched; hence, defiled;
impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maculate \Mac"u*late\, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to
spot. See {Macula}, and cf. {Macule}, v.]
To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people. --Sir T.
Elyot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maculate
adj 1: morally blemished; stained or impure [syn: {defiled}]
2: spotted or blotched
v 1: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also
used metaphorically: "The silver was tarnished by the
long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied
after the affair with a married man" [syn: {tarnish}, {sully},
{defile}]
2: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {foul}, {befoul}, {defile}]
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