melanise

melanise
verb
1. convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
• Syn: ↑melanize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑melanin (for: ↑melanize)
• Hypernyms: ↑convert
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. make or become black
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The smoke blackened the ceiling

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The ceiling blackened

• Syn: ↑blacken, ↑melanize, ↑nigrify, ↑black
• Ant: ↑whiten (for: ↑blacken)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑black (for: ↑black), ↑melanin (for: ↑melanize)
• Hypernyms: ↑discolor, ↑discolour, ↑colour, ↑color
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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