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melanize, v.
(melanized, melanizes, melanizing)

make or become black
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

black blacken melanise melanize

sample sentences

"The smoke blackened the ceiling"
"The ceiling blackened"

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lexical pointers

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

discolor, discolour, colour, color

convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
<verb.change>

melanise melanize

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym