miniate

Partly borrowed from Latin miniātus (adjective), partly from miniātus, perfect passive participle of miniō (“to cover with vermilion”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

miniate (comparative more miniate, superlative most miniate)

1. Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

miniate (third-person singular simple present miniates, present participle miniating, simple past and past participle miniated)

1. To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.
   • 1774, Thomas Warton, The History of English Poetry:

     At Trinity college in Cambridge is a Psalter in Latin and Saxon, admirably written, and illuminated with letters in gold, silver, miniated, &c.

• intimae

miniate

1. genitive plural of minia

miniate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of minare

• tiamine

miniāte

1. vocative masculine singular of miniātus

miniate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of miniar combined with te