Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
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To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
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Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolore…
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
of Lighten
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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…
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To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.
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The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
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of Whiten
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The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
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An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2.
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One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.
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One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.
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To deprive of color; to bleach.
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To deprive of color; to whiten.
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One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
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