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Variegate   /vˈɛrɪgeɪt/   Listen
Variegate

verb
(past & past part. variegated; pres. part. variegating)
1.
Change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors.
2.
Make something more diverse and varied.  Synonyms: motley, vary.





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"Variegate" Quotes from Famous Books



... has been moistened into nutritious soil for it; a small bunch of fern grows in another crevice; a deep, soft, verdant moss spreads itself along the top and over all the available inequalities of the fence; and where nothing else will grow, lichens stick tenaciously to the bare stones and variegate the monotonous gray with hues of yellow and red. Finally, a great deal of shrubbery clusters along the base of the stone wall, and takes away the hardness of its outline; and in due time, as the upshot of ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 63, January, 1863 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various
... extent, if not in beauty and grandeur. In this part of the world we know the Ferns only as a low herbaceous tribe of plants, consisting of mere fronds rising out of the ground. We admire them for their beautifully compounded leaves, and their colors of red, orange, and russet that variegate our meadows in June, their garlands of verdure upon the rocky hills in winter, and the profusion of their frondage in the shady glens in summer. But in certain parts of the equatorial zone the Ferns put off the humble ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 46, August, 1861 • Various


Words linked to "Variegate" :   checker, motley, diversify, alter, chequer, change, modify, variegation


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