emaculate
English
Etymology
From Latin emaculatus, past participle of emaculare (“to clear from spots”). See maculate.
Verb
emaculate (third-person singular simple present emaculates, present participle emaculating, simple past and past participle emaculated)
- (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
- taken great pains with him in emaculating the Text, in ſetling the reading […]
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
References
emaculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913