Found 2 items, similar to miniating.
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: Miniating 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. [1913 Webster]