melanize

melanize
verb
1. convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
Syn: ↑melanise
Derivationally related forms: ↑melanin
Hypernyms: ↑convert
Verb Frames:
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2. make or become black
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The smoke blackened the ceiling

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The ceiling blackened

Syn: ↑blacken, ↑melanise, ↑nigrify, ↑black
Ant: ↑whiten (for: ↑blacken)
Derivationally related forms: ↑black (for: ↑black), ↑melanin
Hypernyms: ↑discolor, ↑discolour, ↑colour, ↑color
Verb Frames:
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • melanize — [mel′ənīz΄] vt. melanized, melanizing [ MELAN(O) + IZE] 1. to darken by the deposition of abnormal amounts of melanin in tissues 2. to make dark …   English World dictionary

  • melanize — transitive verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 1978 1. to convert into or infiltrate with melanin 2. to make dark or black • melanization noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • melanize — mel·a·nize or chiefly Brit mel·a·nise mel ə .nīz vt, nized or chiefly Brit nised; niz·ing or chiefly Brit nis·ing to convert into or infiltrate with melanin <melanized cell granules> mel·a·ni·za·tion or chiefly Brit mel·a·ni·sa·tion .mel ə… …   Medical dictionary

  • melanize — mel·a·nize …   English syllables

  • melanise — verb 1. convert into, or infiltrate with melanin • Syn: ↑melanize • Derivationally related forms: ↑melanin (for: ↑melanize) • Hypernyms: ↑convert …   Useful english dictionary

  • mélaniser — ⇒MÉLANISER, verbe trans. BIOL., ANTHROPOL. Rendre la peau noire par croisement avec une race noire (ou avec la race mélanésienne); p. ext., croiser avec un individu de race noire. Provinces rhénanes mélanisées depuis des siècles par la vallée du… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • nigrify — verb make or become black The smoke blackened the ceiling The ceiling blackened • Syn: ↑blacken, ↑melanize, ↑melanise, ↑black • Ant: ↑whiten ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • melanization — noun see melanize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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