miniate
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miniate
(ˈmɪnɪˌeɪt)vb (tr)
to paint with minium
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Verb | 1. | ![]() artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
2. | miniate - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) |
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