Maculate

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To spot, blemish, or pollute.
  • adjective. Spotted, blotched, or stained.
  • adjective. Morally sullied or impure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To spot; stain; blur.
  • Spotted; marked with spots; blotted; hence, stained; defiled; impure.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To spot; to stain; to blur.
  • adjective. Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To spot; to stain; to blur.
  • adjective. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
  • adjective. Defiled; impure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. spotted or blotched
  • verb. spot, stain, or pollute
  • adjective. morally blemished; stained or impure
  • verb. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
    • Word Usage
    "Because the notion of blackness has been made equivalent to sin: maculate vs. immaculate, the staining of purity."
    cross-reference
    maculated fever  
    Equivalent
    dirty  impure  soiled  unclean  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attaint  disgrace  dishonor  dishonour  shame  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    besmirched  bespangled  bespeckled  blotched  blotched  
    verb-form
    maculated  maculates  maculating  
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