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Definition of Melanize
1. Verb. Convert into, or infiltrate with melanin.
2. Verb. Make or become black. "The ceiling blackened"
Exact synonyms: Black, Blacken, Melanise, Nigrify
Generic synonyms: Color, Colour, Discolor, Discolour
Derivative terms: Black, Melanin
Antonyms: Whiten
Generic synonyms: Color, Colour, Discolor, Discolour
Derivative terms: Black, Melanin
Antonyms: Whiten
Definition of Melanize
1. Verb. To convert into melanin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melanize
1. to make dark [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] - See also: dark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanize
Literary usage of Melanize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"The ground and the markings of the fore wings are mainly those of archippus, but
the black has suffused itself so thoroughly as to melanize the entire wing, ..."
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