Definition of "variegate" []

• To change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors; streak. (verb-transitive)
• To give variety to; make varied. (verb-transitive)

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• "Given that 'variegate' means 'to make varied in appearance or colour', what Dr"
• "In some localities of the Venezuelan coast where waters are crystal-clear, a variegate community of sponges (33 species), tunicates (12), bivalves, and algae, can be found adhered to the submerged roots of R. mangle."
• "We had the fish, which, as the kind reader may remember, I had brought down in a delicate attention to Mrs. Ponto, to variegate the repast of next day; and cod and oyster-sauce, twice laid, salt cod and scolloped oysters, formed parts of the bill of fare until I began to fancy that the Ponto family, like our late revered monarch"