Definitions for maculates

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maculates mac·u·late

Spelling: [adjective mak-yuh-lit; verb Maculates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 554 anagrams from letters in maculates (aacelmstu).

Definitions for maculates

adjective

1. spotted; stained.
2. Archaic. defiled; impure.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark with a spot or spots; stain.
2. to sully or pollute.

Origin of maculates

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin maculātus (past participle of maculāre to spot, stain). See macula, -ate

Examples for maculates

We are maculate, and it is given to no man to probe the mystery of existence.

maculate -ed: spotted or marked with figures of any shape, of a color different from the ground.

His heavy, blunt hand fumbled under the maculate apron; his chest heaved with a sudden, tempestuous breathing.

Josephina owns one unchanging dress, septic, maculate and repellent.