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Verb maculate has 2 senses

• maculate(v = verb.contact) defile, stain, sully, tarnish - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
is one way to blob, blot, fleck, spot
Derived forms noun macula₃, noun maculation₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• maculate(v = verb.change) befoul, defile, foul - spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
is one way to attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame
Derived forms noun macula₃, noun maculation₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Adjective maculate has 2 senses

• maculate(s = adj.all) defiled - morally blemished; stained or impure; Array
• maculate(s = adj.all) Array - spotted or blotched; Array

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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

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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.

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