Word Study
Miniate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Miniate has 2 senses
- miniate(v = verb.creation) Array - paint with red lead or vermilion; Array is one way to color, colour, emblazon
- miniate(v = verb.creation) rubricate - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" is one way to illuminate
Derived form noun minium1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Miniate, v. t. [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.].
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton. [1913 Webster]
Miniate, a.
Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion. [1913 Webster]
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