nigrify
make or become black - The smoke blackened the ceiling - The ceiling blackened • Syn: blacken, melanize, melanise, black • Ant: whiten (for: blacken) • Derivationally related forms: black (for: black), melanin (for: melanize) • Hypernyms: discolor, discolour, colour, color • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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