maculate
spotted; stained.
Archaic. defiled; impure.
to mark with a spot or spots; stain.
to sully or pollute.
Origin of maculate
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How to use maculate in a sentence
Josephina owns one unchanging dress, septic, maculate and repellent.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneWe are maculate, and it is given to no man to probe the mystery of existence.
A Secret Inheritance (Volume 1 of 3) | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonBut the tears and blood which follow violence and wrong maculate the pages of history on which their glory is recorded.
Hidden Treasures | Harry A. Lewismaculate -ed: spotted or marked with figures of any shape, of a color different from the ground.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithHe has never decided whether His mother came into the world maculate or immaculate.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for maculate
/ archaic, or literary /
(tr) to spot, stain, or pollute
spotted or polluted
Origin of maculate
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