† emblanchv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To whiten. figurative.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)]
whiteOE
emblanch1393
blank1484
whiten1552
frost1596
albify1599
frostbite?1605
hoar1605
dealbate1623
impearl1640
marble1658
bewhite1678
whiten1699
rewhiten1725
bewhiten1810
ermine1825
powder1890
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 269 Preestes, prechours and prelates, Þat beþ enblaunched with bele paroles.
a1400–50 Alexander 3688 A tabernacle..grauen..of gilden platis, flamband all in filour & fewlis en-blanchid.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) 260 It was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched.
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