Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To arrange, write, or print as a rubric.
- transitive verb To provide with rubrics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Represented in red; having red coloring, in whole or in part.
- To mark or distinguish with red; illuminate with red letters, words, etc., as a manuscript or book. See
rubrication and rubricator. - To formulate as a rubric; arrange as rubrics or precepts; provide with rubrics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked with red.
- transitive verb To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
write in the form of arubric - verb To create
rubrication
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint
- verb sign with a mark instead of a name
- verb furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics
- verb decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin rūbrīcāre, rūbrīcāt-, to color red, from Latin rūbrīcātus, rubricated, from rūbrīca, rubric; see rubric.]
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bestiary commented on the word rubricate
see rubric.
July 24, 2008