Mac″u‐late (?), v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.] To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.