Definition of Dealbate

1. v. t. To whiten.

Definition of Dealbate

1. whitened [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dealbate

deaired
deairing
deairs
deal
deal-maker
deal-makers
deal breaker
deal in
deal out
deal with
dealate
dealated
dealates
dealation
dealations
dealbate (current term)
dealbation
dealbreaker
dealbreakers
dealcoholization
deale
dealed
dealer
dealers
dealership
dealerships
deales
dealest
dealeth
dealfish

Literary usage of Dealbate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See PURITY. whiten, vt white, dealbate (obs., exc. spec.), blench (rare), bleach (spec, or fig.), blanch (spec, or fig. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... to be engaged in ; to practise ; To deal with, to treat in any manner ; to contend with. dealbate, (de-al'-bate) ». o. To whiten ; to bleach. ..."

3. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... tier's term for chlorophyll which is rich in hydrogen and colourless ; the normal green type is stated to be poorer in that gas ; whi'tened, dealbate, ..."

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