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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: convert into, or infiltrate with melanin [syn: melanize, melanise]
2: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]
Merriam Webster's
transitive verb (-nized; -nizing) Date: 19781. to convert into or infiltrate with melanin2. to make dark or black • melanization noun
