MINIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does miniate mean? 

• MINIATE (verb)
  The verb MINIATE has 2 senses:

1. paint with red lead or vermilion

2. decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red

  Familiarity information: MINIATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINIATE (verb)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

miniate; rubricate

Context example:

In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated

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