Discolour

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.

    "Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them."

  2. 2
    change color, often in an undesired manner wordnet

Synonyms

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colorcolourdiscolordiscolor

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"Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them."

Etymology

From Middle English discolouren, discoloren, from Old French discolorer, descolorer, equivalent to dis- + colour.

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