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variegate


verb (used with object), var·i·e·gat·ed, var·i·e·gat·ing.

  1. to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
  2. to give variety to; diversify.

verb (tr)

  1. to alter the appearance of, esp by adding different colours
  2. to impart variety to
v.

“to mark with different colors,” 1640s (implied in variegation), from Late Latin variegatus “made of various sorts or colors,” past participle of variegare “diversify with different colors,” from varius “spotted, changing, varying” (see vary) + root of agere “to drive” (see act). Related: Variegated; vareiegating.

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