Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To furnish with a patina.
- intransitive verb To acquire or become covered with a patina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to coat with a patina; to patinize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
patina . - verb transitive To coat with a
patina . - verb intransitive To become coated with a
patina .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb coat with a patina
Etymologies
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Examples
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Josiah Wedgwood used "Dr. Turner's brown varnish" to put an antiqued bronze surface on pottery. 1 Metals were varnished to protect them from rust, preserve their luster without constant polishing, deepen their color or patinate the surface.
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History could not patinate the members of the monster because history had no time to evolve.
A Sense of the Past Stafford, Jean 1964
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Elliott had also called the Mestrovic restoration "highly questionable" because the coating gave the bronzes a rubbery, dime-store look and wouldn't allow them to patinate naturally.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Elliott had also called the Mestrovic restoration "highly questionable" because the coating gave the bronzes a rubbery, dime-store look and wouldn't allow them to patinate naturally.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Elliott had also called the Mestrovic restoration "highly questionable" because the coating gave the bronzes a rubbery, dime-store look and wouldn't allow them to patinate naturally.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Over time, the petroglyphs will eventually patinate and be as dark as the original rock surface.
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