Synonyms for variegate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : vair-ee-i-geyt, vair-i-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛər i ɪˌgeɪt, ˈvɛər ɪˌgeɪt

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Définition of variegate

Origin :
  • "to mark with different colors," 1640s (implied in variegation), from Late Latin variegatus "made of various sorts or colors," past participle of variegare "diversify with different colors," from varius "spotted, changing, varying" (see vary) + root of agere "to drive" (see act). Related: Variegated; vareiegating.
  • verb streak
Example sentences :
  • The Ashburners and Sedgwicks continue your tradition and even ornament or variegate it with their own original force.
  • Extract from : « Notes of a Son and Brother » by Henry James
  • Possibly the purple patches of relaxation which variegate the lives of the inmates are too few and too far between.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrancy Problem. » by William Harbutt Dawson
  • Their clothes they variegate by steeping them in dyes, which produce a colour not easily effaced.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) » by Strabo
  • Body black or sordidly metallic greenish gray, usually yellow pollinose or variegate; gen at most hairy above.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of Medical Entomology » by William Albert Riley

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