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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maculate \mac"ulate\, a. l. maculatus, p. p.
   marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled;
   impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maculate \mac"ulate\, 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.      --sir t.
                                                  elyot.
   1913 webster
see also:
macula macule 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
maculate
     adj 1: morally blemished; stained or impure syn: defiled
     2: spotted or blotched
     v 1: 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" syn: tarnish, stain,
           sully, defile
     2: spot, stain, or pollute; "the townspeople defiled the river
        by emptying raw sewage into it" syn: foul, befoul, defile
see also:
defiled tarnish stain sully defile foul 
befoul 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
51 moby thesaurus words for "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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