Colorate
//ˈkʌləɹeɪt// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To apply color to something; to make colorful.
Adjective
- 1 Colored. obsolete
"had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom"
Example
More examples"had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From color + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology 2
From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“I color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix)
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