† sableizev.
/ˈseɪb(ə)lʌɪz/ Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make black.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > make black [verb (transitive)]
blackc1350
blecka1382
blacken?a1425
bletch1570
bepitch1574
blatch1587
becollier1599
sable1610
bleach1611
bleak1611
sableize1611
denigrate1623
nigrify1656
ebonize1880
1611 J. Davies Scourge Folly 237 Some Chroniclers that write of Kingdomes States Do so absurdly sableize my White With Maskes and Enterludes by Day and Night.
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