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rubricate
CIDE DICTIONARY
Marked with red. Sp [1913 Webster]
rubricate, v. t.
To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. Foxe. [1913 Webster]
"A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be classed and rubricated forever after." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rubricate, v.tr.
1 mark with red; print or write in red.
2 provide with rubrics.
1 mark with red; print or write in red.
2 provide with rubrics.
Derivative
rubrication n. rubricator n.
Etymology
L rubricare f. rubrica: see RUBRIC
ROGET THESAURUS
rubricate
Redness
VB be red, become red, blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden, render red, redden, rouge, rubify, rubricate, incarnadine, ruddle.N redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.
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