maculate
1 antonym for maculate — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To mark with spots, to stain, or to blur.
Antonyms
Etymology
First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Full origin of maculate →