melanize

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verb

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