Found 2 items, similar to Miniate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: miniate
miniate
v 1: paint with red lead or vermilion
2: decorate (manuscipts) with letters painted red;
“In this
beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated” [syn:
rubricate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Miniate
Miniate
\Min"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Miniated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Miniating.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See
Minium.]
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to
decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page
of a manuscript. --T. Wharton.
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Miniate
\Min"i*ate\, a.
Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion;
painted with vermilion.
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