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PATINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with a patina

Synonyms:

patinate; patinise; patinize

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "patinate" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

patina (a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper))

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