miniate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb paint with red lead or vermilion
  2. verb decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
    rubricate.
    • In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated

WordNet

Min"i*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Miniated ; present participle & verbal noun Miniating
Definitions
  1. To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.
Min"i*ate adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Webster 1913