decolorizedecolourizev.
/dɪˈkʌlərʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To deprive of colour. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (transitive)] > deprive of colour
distainc1385
undye14..
stain1477
fade1598
discolourize1825
achromatizea1830
decolorize1836
throw?1845
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 503/2 Chlorine passed through a solution of hæmatosine decolorizes it.
?1870 P. M. Duncan Transformations Insects v. 159 The leaves, and even the variegated flowers, are in this way often complet[e]ly decolourised.
1887 F. Robinson New Religio Med. 78 Temperament plays a part, colouring or decolourizing present and future.
2. intransitive. To lose colour; to become colourless.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (intransitive)]
fade13..
to cast coloura1375
staina1387
faint1430
dow1502
discolour1612
dilute1764
decolorize1908
1908 Practitioner Feb. 205 Characteristics of the gonococcus... Its characteristic half-moon shape, and the fact that it decolourises with Gram's method.
Derivatives
decoloriˈzation n.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] > loss of colour
discoloura1398
palingc1450
discolouration1545
discolouredness1585
discolouring1598
decoloration1623
etiolation1784
discolourment1821
pallescence1822
discolorization1827
lightening1839
decolorizing1861
decolorization1871
1871 Athenæum 19 Aug. 251 The decolourization of flowers and leaves by electrical discharges.
deˈcolorized adj. (also de'colourized)
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective]
huelessc1000
whiteOE
plainc1330
uncoloured1538
undyed1538
colourless1610
blank1667
unteinted1745
achromatic1759
achromic1762
etiolated1784
tintless1789
unshaded1823
achromatous1845
untinted1849
unpigmented1853
achromatistous1878
achromous1878
achroous1878
decolorized1879
etiolized1880
untoned1897
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 509 Decolorised blood-clot.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 177 Decolourized indigo.
1965 R. Cruickshank Med. Microbiol. (ed. 11) xlv. 646 In order to render the decolourised organisms visible..a contrast or counterstain is then applied.
deˈcolorizer n. an agent that decolorizes.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent
blancher1477
whitener1686
white steep1804
eau de Javelle1807
chlorine1810
animal charcoal1838
chemic1843
styrone1852
bleaching powder1854
oxygen1858
decolorizerc1865
still-liquor1866
bleach1898
c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 125/2 The charcoal is very valuable as a decoloriser and disinfectant.
decolorizing n. (also decolorizing) the action of depriving of its colour.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] > loss of colour
discoloura1398
palingc1450
discolouration1545
discolouredness1585
discolouring1598
decoloration1623
etiolation1784
discolourment1821
pallescence1822
discolorization1827
lightening1839
decolorizing1861
decolorization1871
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > causing loss of colour
discolouringa1657
decolouring1832
decolorizing1861
lightening1900
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 160 Its decolorizing properties.
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