rubricate verb. ['ru:brɪkeɪt] L16.
[Latin rubricat- pa. ppl stem of rubricare, from rubrica: see RUBRIC, -ATE³.]
1. verb trans. Write, print, or mark in red. Formerly also (Christian Church), enter (a name) in red letters in a calendar of saints. L16.

2. verb trans. Provide (a text) with a rubric or rubrics. M19.

3. verb intrans. Sign one's name with a rubric. rare. M19.

■ rubri'cation noun (a) the action or an act of rubricating something, esp. of marking a text etc. in red; (b) a rubricated passage or text: L19.

■ rubricator noun (Hist.) a person employed to rubricate parts of a manuscript or early printed book M19.

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