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Definition of Miniate

1. Verb. Paint with red lead or vermilion.

2. Verb. Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red. "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"

Definition of Miniate

1. v. t. To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Definition of Miniate

1. to paint vermilion [v MINIATED, MINIATING, MINIATES]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Miniate

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Literary usage of Miniate

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1. Outline History of the Fine Arts: Embracing a View of the Rise, Progress by Benson John Lossing (1840)
"... Art—Church of St. miniate—Cimabue—St. Peter's Church at Rome—Departure from classic Rules—Saxon Architecture—Round and pointed Arches—English decorative ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In entoni., miniate. miniature (mm'ia-tur or min'i-tur), я. and a. [< F. miniature = Sp. Pg. miniatura, < It. »tini- at/ira, ..."

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