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English
Etymology
From de- + color + -ize.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/, /diːˈkʊləɹaɪz/
Verb
decolorize (third-person singular simple present decolorizes, present participle decolorizing, simple past and past participle decolorized)
- (US, transitive) To remove the color from.
- (US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331:According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.
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