rubricate

American  

[roo-bri-kayt] / ˈru brɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

rubricated, rubricating

1. to mark or color with red.

2. to furnish with or regulate by rubrics.

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rubricate British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• rubrication
  noun
• rubricator
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of rubricate

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

rubricate rubricated

V. be red, become red &c. adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden. render red &c. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify†, rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

“Costeriana,” group of books so called, 39-41, 72 Cotton, Sir Robert, his collections, 2 Cranach, Lucas, his bookwork at Wittenberg, 190 Cremer, Heinrich, copy of 42-line Bible rubricated by, 47 sq.

From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

Folio, calf, fine copy, rubricated capitals, gilt edges. 16s.

From Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various

Illuminated pages, rubricated headings, and fine illustrations were conspicuous by their absence.

From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Myrtle Reed

With rubricated Initials and 12 full-page Photogravure Illustrations by Charles H. Woodbury and Marcia O. Woodbury. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50.

From Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas) Pickard

In these rubricated letters are used with brilliant effect.

From Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang

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