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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Paleness :: Paleness (n.) The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.
Lime :: Lime (v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them..
Black :: Black (n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black..
Bleached :: Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
Candent :: Candent (a.) Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.
Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, Paper is white, Ink is not white, whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink..
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Whitewash :: Whitewash (n.) Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair..
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.
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..
Bleach :: Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
Emblanch :: Emblanch (v. t.) To whiten. See Blanch.
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc..
Decolorize :: Decolorize (v. t.) To deprive of color; to whiten.
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..
Candor :: Candor (n.) Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
Whitewash :: Whitewash (v. t.) To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
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