Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VA'RI-E-GATE, v.t. [It. varieggiare; from L. vario, varius. See Vary.]

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.