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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiten \Whit"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whitened}; p. pr & vb
n. {Whitening}.] [OE. whitenen; cf Icel. hv[=i]tna.]
To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as the
hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees
in spring whiten with blossoms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiten \Whit"en\, v. t.
To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as to
whiten a wall; to whiten cloth.
The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast
flocks of wild swans. --Macaulay.
Syn: See {Blanch}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
whiten
v : turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn:
{white}] [ant: {blacken}]
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