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Definition of Miniate
1. Verb. Paint with red lead or vermilion.
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Color, Colour, Emblazon
Derivative terms: Minium
Generic synonyms: Color, Colour, Emblazon
Derivative terms: Minium
2. Verb. Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red. "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
Exact synonyms: Rubricate
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Illuminate
Derivative terms: Rubric
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Illuminate
Derivative terms: Rubric
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]