change appearance (especially color); make interesting; variate
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Variegate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
variegate
\va"ri*e*gate\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. variegated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. variegating.] [l. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. see various, and agent.] to diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. the shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone.
variegate
v : make something more diverse and varied; "vary the menu" [syn: vary, motley]
To mark with different shades or colors.
Britho = v. to variegate
Darfritho = v. to variegate
Dyfritho = v. to variegate
1.to diversify in external appearance esp. with
different colors : DAPPLE
2: to enliven by variety - variegator n
different colors : DAPPLE
2: to enliven by variety - variegator n
Verb
1. change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) variegation
2. make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
(synonym) vary, motley
(hypernym) diversify
(hyponym) checker, chequer
(derivation) diversification, variegation
Variegate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves, and sometimes the stems, of plants. This may be due to a number of causes. Some variegation is attractive and ornamental and gardeners tend to preserve these. The term is also sometimes used to refer to colour zonation in flowers, minerals, and the skin, fur, feathers or scales of animals.
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