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 Check·er v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.]
 1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
 2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.
    Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood.   --Addison.