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  1. 1. a. To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. the whiteness that results from removing the color from something Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. an agent that makes things white or colorless Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. cause to become white or lighter in color Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. make whiter or lighter Source: wordnet
  8. 8. To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure. Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. Smollett. To grow white or lose color; to whiten. Source: webster
  9. 9. To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from;to blanch; to whiten.The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to bebleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, ofchlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure.Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheekin every varying clime. Smollett. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:48/n:52 n. the whiteness that results from removing the color from something n. the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) v. remove color from v. make whiter or lighter Source: ecdict

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