rubricate

[roo-bri-keyt]

verb (used with object)

rubricated, rubricating 

1. to mark or color with red.

2. to furnish with or regulate by rubrics.

rubricate

/ ˈruːbrɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to print (a book or manuscript) with red titles, headings, etc

2. to mark in red

3. to supply with or regulate by rubrics

Other Word Forms

• rubrication noun
• rubricator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubricate¹

1560–70; < Late Latin rūbrīcātus (past participle of rūbrīcāre to color red), equivalent to rūbrīc ( a ) red ocher ( rubric ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubricate¹

C16: from Latin rubricāre to colour red, from rubrīca red earth; see _rubric

Example Sentences

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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