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Meaning of RUBRICATE

Pronunciation:  'roobru`keyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  sign with a mark instead of a name
  2. [v]  furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated"
  3. [v]  decorate with letters painted red, of manuscripts; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
  4. [v]  place in the calendar as a red-letter saint; "She was rubricated by the Pope"
 
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 Synonyms: miniate
 
 See Also: arrange, format, illuminate, recognise, recognize, sign, subscribe

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ru"bri*cate\, a. [L. rubricatus p. p. of rubricare to
    color red. See {Rubric}, n.]
    Marked with red. --Sp?lmman.
    
  2. \Ru"bri*cate\, v. t.
    To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric;
    to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. --Foxe.
          A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men
          were to be classed and rubricated forever after.
                                                   --Hare.
    
 

 

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