1. spotted or stained; marked with spots
Usage: formal; rare

1. to spot, stain, or defile
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The manuscript was maculate with age spots and water damage.
• Her white dress became maculate after walking through the muddy garden.
• The artist chose to maculate the canvas with deliberate ink blots.
• Time had maculated the once-pristine marble statue.
• The maculate appearance of the old photograph told a story of decades past.