Wiktionary
PATINATE, adjective. Having a patina.
PATINATE, verb. (transitive) To coat with a patina.
PATINATE, verb. (intransitive) To become coated with a patina.
Dictionary definition
PATINATE, verb. Coat with a patina.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
