maculate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: mac=u=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

maculate, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.].

 To spot; to stain; to blur.  [1913 Webster]
"Maculate the honor of their people."  [1913 Webster]

maculate, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.].

 Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

maculate

besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, defiled, dotted, dotty, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, impure, indecent, macular, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, punctated, smirched, soiled, spangled, spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unvirginal, unvirtuous

ROGET THESAURUS

maculate

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.

Variegation

VB be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.