Destain
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove a chemical stain from. transitive
- 2 remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast wordnet
- 3 To lose a chemical stain. intransitive
Etymology
From Old French destaindre (Modern French déteindre, Spanish desteñir). At some point possibly reanalysed as de-/dis- + stain (which is etymologically unrelated).