miniate

English

Etymology

Latin miniatus, past participle of miniare. See minium.

Adjective

miniate (comparative more miniate, superlative most miniate)

  1. Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Verb

miniate (third-person singular simple present miniates, present participle miniating, simple past and past participle miniated)

  1. To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for miniate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

miniate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of minare

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Latin

Adjective

miniāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of miniātus
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