Variegate
['veərɪəɡeɪt] or ['vɛrɪ,get]
Definition
(verb.) change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors.
Edited by Anselm--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Diversify, vary, streak, checker, dapple, figure, mark with different colors.
Inputed by Cherie
Definition
v.t. to mark with different colours.—ns. Variegā′tion in plants a condition in which other colours are exhibited in parts where green is the normal colour; Vā′riegātor.
Checker: Olga
Examples
- His shirt collars were higher; his face was redder; his shirt-frill flaunted gorgeously out of his variegated waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This part of the Rhine, indeed, presents a singularly variegated landscape. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Kendal green, though its date is more ancient, ought surely to be as dear to our feelings, as the variegated tartans of the north. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It blushed so ruddily and vividly, that the hues of the walls and the variegated tints of the dresses seemed all fused in one warm glow. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was the variegated villainy and novelty of it that charmed us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In some instances the wood has been converted into solid jasper or has been changed into opal or agate, or filled with chalcedony or crystallized quartz, with beautifully variegated colors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The inside of the great mosque is very showy with variegated marble walls and with windows and inscriptions of elaborate mosaic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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