Definition of whiten

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Whiten (v. i.) To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms..

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Whitewash :: Whitewash (n.) A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime..
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) A flock of swans.
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc..
Candor :: Candor (n.) Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
Pipeclay :: Pipeclay (v. t.) To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments..
Whitening :: Whitening (n.) The act or process of making or becoming white.
Whitewash :: Whitewash (n.) Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair..
Bleacher :: Bleacher (n.) One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching..
Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow..
Albedo :: Albedo (n.) Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose..
Bleached :: Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.
Bleaching :: Bleaching (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents..
Accident :: Accident (n.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute..
Gray :: Gray (superl.) White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove..
Argent :: Argent (n.) Whiteness; anything that is white.
Bleach :: Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
Abstraction :: Abstraction (a.) The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects..
Whitener :: Whitener (n.) One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher..
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Nakedness.
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