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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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