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MELANIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or become black

Example:

The ceiling blackened

Synonyms:

black; blacken; melanise; melanize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "melanize" is one way to...):

color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

melanin (insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Convert into, or infiltrate with melanin

Synonyms:

melanise; melanize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "melanize" is one way to...):

convert (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

melanin (insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers)

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