adj. /mak"yeuh lit/ ; v. /mak"yeuh layt'/ , adj., v., maculated, maculating .
adj.
1. spotted; stained.
2. Archaic. defiled; impure.
v.t. Archaic.
3. to mark with a spot or spots; stain.
4. to sully or pollute.
[ 1375-1425; late ME maculatus (ptp. of maculare to spot, stain). See MACULA, -ATE 1 ]