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English to English adjective
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Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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morally blemished; stained or impure | | source: wordnet30
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spotted or blotched | | source: wordnet30 verb
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make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | | Example: The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
source: wordnet30
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spot, stain, or pollute | | Example: The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
source: wordnet30
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To spot; to stain; to blur. | | source: webster1913
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