transitive. To give a white colour or appearance to; to cause to grow or become white. Cf. whiten, v. 2c. Obsolete.

transitive. To whiten. figurative.

transitive. To make white, whiten; to make pale.

transitive. gen. To give a white colour or appearance to; to cause to grow or become white.

transitive. Chiefly poetic. Of age, time, etc.: to turn (the hair) white or grey; to make hoary. Also with over. Cf. frosty, adj. 5a. Now rare.

transitive. †To make white; to whiten (obsolete). Also intransitive: to become or turn white.

transitive. To turn (the hair) white or grey; to make hoary. Cf. frost, v. 2. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make hoary or white, to whiten. In quot. 1616, To smite with hoar-leprosy.

transitive. To whiten.

To make pearly or pearl-like.

transitive. To make (blood, the complexion, etc.) white like marble. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make white or lighter in colour by the inclusion of a white-coloured agent or ingredient.

transitive. To whiten or make white again (in various senses); (also) to whitewash again.

transitive. To clothe as if with ermine; to make white as ermine.

transitive. To whiten (a fabric, esp. lace) by application of a white powdered substance. Now rare.