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Definition of Etiolate

1. Adjective. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light. "Etiolated celery"

2. Verb. Make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

3. Verb. Bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.

4. Verb. Make pale or sickly. "Alcohol etiolates your skin"

Definition of Etiolate

1. v. i. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

2. v. t. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

3. a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

Definition of Etiolate

1. Verb. To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant. ¹

2. Verb. To make a person pale and sickly-looking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Etiolate

1. to whiten [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: whiten

Medical Definition of Etiolate

1. 1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants. 2. To become pale through disease or absence of light. Origin: F. Etioler to blanch. 1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays. 2. To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Etiolate

ethynyls ethyr ethyrs etianic acid etic etidocaine etidronate etidronate disodium etidronic acid etilefrine

etilefrine hydrochloride etimizol etio- etiocholanolone etiogenic etiolate (current term) etiolated etiolates etiolating etiolation

etiolations etiolin etiolins etiologic etiological etiologically etiologics etiologies etiologist etiologists

Literary usage of Etiolate

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

1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"A pleasant smelling substance found in »tórax. etiolate. (F. étioler, to blanch; from Norm. ... etiolate ..."

2. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania by University of Pennsylvania Botanical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory (1907)
"Plants in darkness were etiolate and stalky. Sanguinaria canadensis. ... Petiole quickly lengthened, but leaves were small and etiolate. ..."

3. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"V. be -white &c. adj. render -white &c. adj. ; whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver. Adj. white; milk-, snow-white ¡snowy ..."

4. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1843)
"Hear Dr. Johnson : " When a gardener wishes to etiolate, that is, to blanch, ... In like manner, if we wish to etiolate men and women, we have only to ..."

5. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"In like manner, if we wish to etiolate men and »uE.m, we have only to congregate them in cities, where they are pretty securely kept out of the *si »rnl ..."

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