variegate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  variegare (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 dapple

Synonyms

• (to add variety): See also Thesaurus:diversify
• (to change the appearance of something): redecorate, remodel, reskin
• (to dapple): maculate, mottle, spot

Hyponyms

• (to change the appearance of something): checker, freck (rare, poetic), streak

Adjective

variegate (not comparable)

1. variegated

Derived terms

• variegate porphyria

Further reading

• “variegate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “variegate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “variegate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Adjective

variegate

1. feminine plural of variegato

Anagrams

• reagivate

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) variegāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of variegō