macule

See also maculé

English

Noun

macule (plural macules)

1. A spot.
2. A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little.

Verb

macule (third-person singular simple present macules, present participle maculing, simple past and past participle maculed)

1. (printing) To blur; especially to blur or double an impression from type.

Related terms

• mackle

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• Caelum

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French

Verb

macule

1. first-person singular present indicative of maculer
2. third-person singular present indicative of maculer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of maculer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of maculer
5. second-person singular imperative of maculer

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Italian

Noun

macule f

1. Plural form of macula