Usually means: Marked with spots or stains.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word maculate:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. maculate: Merriam-Webster
  2. maculate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. maculate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. maculate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. maculate: Vocabulary.com
  6. maculate: Wordnik
  7. maculate: Wiktionary
  8. maculate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. maculate: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. maculate: Dictionary.com
  11. maculate (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Maculate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. maculate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. maculate: Rhymezone
  15. maculate: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  16. Maculate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. maculate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. maculate: FreeDictionary.org
  19. maculate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. maculate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. maculate: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. maculate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. maculate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. maculate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. maculate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. maculate: A Word A Day
  2. maculate: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Maculate: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (maculate)

verb:  To spot; to stain; to blur.
adjective:  Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
adjective:  Defiled; impure.

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