simple past tense and past participle of macule

(obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. / (zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.

simple past tense and past participle of maculate

Having spots or blotches.

To spot; to stain; to blur.

Marked with spots or maculae; blotched. / Defiled; impure.

A spot. / A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing.

(printing) To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type.

present participle of maculate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maculate