Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
To spot; to stain; to blur:

Meaning

1 senses

  1. To spot; to stain; to blur.

    загрязнятьzagrjaznjatʹ, па́чкатьpáčkatʹ

    spot, stain, or pollute

Origin

First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited f

First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Forms

maculates, maculating, maculated, maculated

regular · Lesson

Base formmaculate · to maculate
3rd person singularmaculates
Present participlemaculating
Past simplemaculated
Past participlemaculated

Tenses

maculate · maculated · will maculate · have maculated

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymaculate
he, she, itmaculates

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave maculated
he, she, ithas maculated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill maculate

Past simpleLesson

all personsmaculated

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedimmaculatemaculamaculation
Derivedbimaculatemaculism

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
macromacroeconomicmacronmadA2madamB2

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