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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;
- Example: "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
- Example: "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
[syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile]

2. spot, stain, or pollute;
- Example: "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
[syn: foul, befoul, defile, maculate]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. morally blemished; stained or impure;
[syn: defiled, maculate]

2. spotted or blotched; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maculate \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.
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         Maculate the honor of their people.      --Sir T.
                                                  Elyot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maculate \Mac"u*late\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.]
   Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled;
   impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maculate
    adj 1: morally blemished; stained or impure [syn: defiled,
           maculate]
    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,
         maculate, sully, defile]
    2: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
       by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul,
       defile, maculate]