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- verb transitive, intransitive To drain of
colour , to remove the colour from.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove color from
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This retains its colour after washing and drying, but cannot be recommended as a pigment, being liable to suffer in contact with organic substances, which deoxidize and decolourize the manganates and permanganates.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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