Vā'ri-e-gāte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VARIEGATED; p. pr. & vb. n. VARIEGATING.] [Lat. variegare, variegatum, from varius, various, and agere, to move, make; It. variegiare.] To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.

The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. Woodward.

Ladies like variegated tulips show. Pope.

Variegated leaves (Bot.), such leaves as are irregularly marked with white or yellow spots.