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Webster 1913 Edition


Etiolate

E′ti-o-late

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Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Etiolated
(#)
;
p. pr. & vb. n
.
Etiolating
.]
[F.
étioler
to blanch.]
1.
To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
2.
(Med.)
To become pale through disease or absence of light.

E′ti-o-late

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun’s rays.

Webster 1828 Edition


Etiolate

E'TIOLATE

,
Verb.
I.
[Gr. to shine.] To become white or whiter; to be whitened by excluding the light of the sun, as plants.

E'TIOLATE

,
Verb.
T.
To blanch; to whiten by excluding the sun's rays.