Definition of "marginate" []

• To provide with or be a margin to; border. (verb-transitive)
• To add margin to (a stock portfolio). (verb-transitive)
• Biology Having a border or an edge of distinctive color or pattern. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "#What meaning is conveyed by the term "marginate"?"
• "Eczema, psoriasis, and lupus erythematosus are diseases in which there are distinct _inflammatory symptoms_, such as thickening and infiltration and redness; moreover, psoriasis, and this holds true as to ringworm also, occurs in sharply-defined, circumscribed patches, and lupus erythematosus has a peculiar violaceous tint and an elevated and marginate border."