Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Rubricate · Ru·bri·cate · IPA a. v. t. 01 a. Marked with red. 1. Marked with red. 02 v. t. To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. 1. To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. “A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be classed and rubricated forever after.” — Hare.