'Miniate' definitions:

Definition of 'miniate'

verb

Paint with red lead or vermilion

verb

Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" [syn: miniate, rubricate]

From: GCIDE

Miniate \Min"i*ate\, a. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Miniate \Min"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating.] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. --T. Wharton. [1913 Webster]