maculate - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
impure - (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"
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maculate - spotted or blotched
dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
The Church calls in numerous occasions for Christians not to ignore and not to repress the voice of conscience by sins added one over another, because, at the time of prayer, a maculate conscience will represent a wall between them and God and, at the time of death and at the general judgment, it will be their accuser.
Total number of pollen grains of the three Apiaceae species recovered in adults and fourth instar larvae of Coleomegilla maculate, in two exposure times to the flowers of these species in laboratory conditions (25 [+ or -] 1 [degrees]C, 70 [+ or -] 10% RH and photophase of 12 hours).
[2.] Kashani HH, Malekzadeh Shiravani S, Hoshmand F (2012) The effect of aqueous extract of Salep prepared from root-tubers of Dactylorhiza maculate (Orchidaceae) on the testes and sexual hormones of immature male mice.
The influence of rhythmically fluctuating temperatures on the development and reproduction of the spotted alfalfa aphid, Therioaphis maculate. Journal of Economic Entomology 57: 71-79.
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maculate - spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"