▪ I. miniate, a. rare—0.
(ˈmɪnɪət)
[ad. L. miniāt-us, pa. pple. of miniāre to miniate.]
(See quots.)
| 1890 Syd. Soc. Lex., Miniate, coloured like red-lead; vermilion-coloured. 1900 Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Miniate, the colour of red lead; more orange and duller than vermilion. |
▪ II. miniate, v.
(ˈmɪnɪeɪt)
[f. L. miniāt-, ppl. stem of miniā-re (f. minium: see minium) + -ate3.]
trans. To colour or paint with vermilion; to rubricate or (in extended sense) to illuminate (a manuscript). Also transf.
| 1657–83 Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. 30 Flowery parterres of roses, lilies, tulips..dressed, figured, fringed, folded, miniated and decked by the hand of Him who made the heavens. 1670 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 3), Miniated, painted, or inlaid; as we read of Porcellane-dishes miniated with gold. 1774 Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1781) III. Gesta Rom. 5 All the capitals in the body of the text are miniated with a pen. 1862 Burgon Lett. fr. Rome ii. 16 Vermilion is introduced abundantly. Thus, the first verse of St. John's gospel is miniated. |