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    PATINATE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Coat with a patinaplay

    Synonyms:

    patinate; patinise; patinize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "patinate" is one way to...):

    coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    patina (a fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper))

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