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Having complex patterns of colors
“The floor of each room is covered with a richly variegated and costly Brussels carpet.”
Marked with or having specks or spots
“The walls and the floor were covered with variegated marbles, and the roof of cedar wood was covered with lead.”
Marked with or having stripes
“The leaves are striped, variegated with white.”
Diverse in character or content
Patterned with squares or patches
Elaborately or highly decorated in design or decoration
Very complicated or detailed
Past tense for to streak or make lines in
“They variegate their clothes by steeping them in dyes, which produce a color not easily effaced.”
Past tense for to mark or become marked with mottling or spots
“In the year 1877, our knowledge of the markings which variegate the surface of Mars was in a very satisfactory condition.”
Past tense for to add variety to something
“This curriculum will seek to variegate the material in order to arouse the students' interest.”
Past tense for to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different color
“The Ashburners and Sedgwicks continue your tradition and even ornament or variegate it with their own original force.”
Past tense for to apply a substance or material to a surface
Past tense for to give color to
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