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MINIATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
Example:
In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated
Synonyms:
miniate; rubricate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "miniate" is one way to...):
illuminate (add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts))
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Paint with red lead or vermilion
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "miniate" is one way to...):
color; colour; emblazon (decorate with colors)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
minium (a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics)
