rubricate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to mark or color with red.
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to furnish with or regulate by rubrics.
verb
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to print (a book or manuscript) with red titles, headings, etc
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to mark in red
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to supply with or regulate by rubrics
Other Word Forms
- rubrication noun
- rubricator noun
Etymology
Origin of rubricate
1560–70; < Late Latin rūbrīcātus (past participle of rūbrīcāre to color red), equivalent to rūbrīc ( a ) red ocher ( rubric ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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A marvelously tiny man, spry though old, gave us a parchment book, one he had rubricated, pleased to see us in love.
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There were those specially selected, to insert the rubricated letters and designs of the border page, while others prepared the vellum, or attended to the binding.
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These are folios of April, All the library of spring, Missals gilt and rubricated With the frost's illumining.
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It is printed on antique paper of special quality, with rubricated initials and spacious margins.
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Illuminated pages, rubricated headings, and fine illustrations were conspicuous by their absence.
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