Wiktionary
RUBRICATE, adjective. (obsolete) Marked with red.
RUBRICATE, verb. To write in the form of a rubric
RUBRICATE, verb. To create rubrication
Dictionary definition
RUBRICATE, verb. Place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope".
RUBRICATE, verb. Furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated".
RUBRICATE, verb. Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated".
RUBRICATE, verb. Sign with a mark instead of a name.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.
