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colourate

Syllables: col·our·ate

colourate adjective: having colour.

Adjective

colourate (comparative more colourate, superlative most colourate)

  1. Having colour.
    • Some whereof are very Superficiall, & Slight, giving us no instance into their nature by placing a Colourate powder glasse or Tinctare under Transparent glasse or Christall.1666, Correspondence
  2. Resembling colour.
  3. Characterized by having colour.

Forms of colourate

comparativemore colourate
superlativemost colourate

Origin of colourate

From colour + -ate.

Questions about colourate

What does colourate mean?
Colourate means having colour.
What part of speech is colourate?
Colourate is an adjective.

Words near colourate in the dictionary

  1. colourable
  2. colourableness
  3. colourably
  4. colourant
  5. colourants
  6. colourate
  7. colouration
  8. colourational
  9. colourations
  10. colourative
  11. colourbearer

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