Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with patina: as, a finely patinated coin.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
patinate . - adjective Bearing a
patina
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Examples
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A row of sculptures—from the tender, white marble "Alsatian Orphan" and patinated terra-cotta "Bust of a Woman" to the exuberant bronze "Head of Balzac"—lines the gallery's mantle.
A Close-Up of a Master Lance Esplund 2011
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Art lovers approaching the venerable Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's sparkling new entrance pavilion are in for a shock when they catch sight of its striking copper facade, chemically patinated to bright Statue-of-Liberty green.
Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012
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Tom Doyle b. 1928 fells cherry, oak and sassafras trees to make his carved, rough-hewn tripartite sculptures, some of which he casts in red and brown patinated bronze.
The Shape of Things Lance Esplund 2011
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Daylight flooding in through casement windows set off creamy stone floors and richly patinated woodwork.
Monastic Fantastic Jen Renzi 2011
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Art lovers approaching the venerable Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's sparkling new entrance pavilion are in for a shock when they catch sight of its striking copper facade, chemically patinated to bright Statue-of-Liberty green.
Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012
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Art lovers approaching the venerable Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's sparkling new entrance pavilion are in for a shock when they catch sight of its striking copper facade, chemically patinated to bright Statue-of-Liberty green.
Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012
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Life for the humans is patinated with grime and squalor.
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Art lovers approaching the venerable Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's sparkling new entrance pavilion are in for a shock when they catch sight of its striking copper facade, chemically patinated to bright Statue-of-Liberty green.
Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video) Lee Rosenbaum 2012
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A truly poignant object is the patinated bronze sheet with names of Olympic champions inscribed on it from the first century B.C. to A.D. 385, after which the Olympics were outlawed.
Transformational Objects Melik Kaylan 2012
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Sometimes, they are more distraction than narrative thread and the need to return to them often bogs the author down; there are, after all, only so many ways to describe the feel of carved wood and only so many times such an image can be made to work as a symbol of patinated memory without the reader feeling that a point is being laboured.
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal 2010
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