- miniated
- v. decorate with red letters; paint in red or scarlet color, color in red
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Miniated — Miniate Min i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Miniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miniating}.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See {Minium}.] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Miniate — Min i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Miniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miniating}.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See {Minium}.] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Miniating — Miniate Min i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Miniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Miniating}.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See {Minium}.] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Miniature (illuminated manuscript) — Miniature of the Trojan Horse, from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil s Aeneid, early 5th century. The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple… … Wikipedia
miniate — miniator, n. /min ee ayt /, v.t., miniated, miniating. to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate. [1650 60; < ML miniatus rubricated, illuminated, L: colored red with cinnabar, equiv. to mini(um) MINIUM + atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
illustrated — adj decorated, embellished, illuminated, pictorial, with drawings/pictures FORMAL miniated … Useful english dictionary
