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miniate
[
min
-ee-eyt]
WORD ORIGIN
verb (used with object),
min·i·at·ed,
min·i·at·ing.
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
Origin of
miniate
1650–60;
<
Medieval Latin
miniātus
rubricated, illuminated,
Latin:
colored red with cinnabar, equivalent to
mini(um
)
minium
+
-ātus
-ate
1
Related forms
min·i·a·tor
,
noun
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