MACULATE
\mˈakjʊlət], \mˈakjʊlət], \m_ˈa_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_t]\
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spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
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morally blemished; stained or impure
By Princeton University
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spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
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make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
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morally blemished; stained or impure
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By Noah Webster.
Word of the day
Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.