variegate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin variegare (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”).

Verb

variegate (third-person singular simple present variegates, present participle variegating, simple past and past participle variegated)

1. (transitive) to add variety to something; to diversify
2. (transitive) to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour
3. to dabble

Adjective

variegate (not comparable)

1. variegated

Derived terms

• variegate porphyria

External links

• variegate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• variegate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• variegate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Adjective

variegate f.

1. Feminine plural form of variegato

Anagrams

• reagivate

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Latin

Verb

variegāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of variegō