patinate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Unlike other tiles that are finished with a layer of impervious glaze, Leflore points out that the appearance of cement tiles is meant to patinate with time.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
But the belief that ancient sculpture was monochrome — white as marble or uniformly patinated bronze — remains more durable and persistent than the scholarship.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
She created pastures, dug out ponds, restored antique buildings — including a few salvaged from the mainland and reconstructed — and designed new ones, often using the patinated bones of old ones.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
"I removed as much of the corrosion as possible without damaging the patinated copper alloy surface," she explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2021
It’s time to throw out your grandmother’s thin, patinated cookie sheets in favor of these.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2020
Coins cannot be safely bought unless patinated, copper or silver.
From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various
In their 40 years together, Diego was responsible for the casting and patinating, or surface finishing, of Alberto's attenuated figures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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