colorate

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colorate¹

  • /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/

verb colorates · colorating · colorated

  1. To apply color to something; to make colorful.

colorate²

  • /ˈkʌləɹət/

Where it comes from

From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“to color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix)

adjective more colorate · most colorate

  1. obsolete Colored. had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom

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@misc{colorate_2026,
  title = {colorate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colorate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}