verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To whiten. obsolete

   "it was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched"

Example

More examples

"it was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched"

Etymology

From em- + blanch.

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