Emaculo, las. pen. cor. lâre. Maculam auferre. Plin. To make cleane, or take away spottes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ē-măcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to clear from spots, to purify (post-Aug.). I.Lit., Plin. 21, 19, 75, 129; Gell. 6, 5, 9; App. Mag. p. 278; Macr. S. 7, 13.—II.Transf.: domum odoribus Arabicis, Amm. 29, 1.