Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Maculate

Maculate , transitive verb

[Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare to spot. See Macula, and compare Macule, v.]

To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people. — Sir T. Elyot

Maculate , adjective

[Latin maculatus, p. p.]

Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. — Shakespeare