maculate

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}]
    

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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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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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