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bleachability

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bleach

  [bleech]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
2. Photography. to convert (the silver image of a negative or print) to a silver halide, either to remove the image or to change its tone.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become whiter or lighter in color.
–noun
4. a bleaching agent.
5. degree of paleness achieved in bleaching.
6. an act of bleaching.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME blechen, OE blǣcean, deriv. of blāc pale; c. ON bleikja, OHG bleichēn

Related forms:
bleach⋅a⋅ble, adjective
bleach⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. See whiten.
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Word Origin & History

bleach 
O.E. blæcan, from P.Gmc. *blaikos "white," from PIE *bhleg- "to gleam," root of blanche, blank, bleak and probably black. The connection seems to be "burning, blazing, shining, whiteness." That the same root yielded words for "black" and "white" is probably because both are colorless, and perhaps because both are associated with burning. Bleachers (1889, Amer.Eng.) were so-named because the boards were bleached by the sun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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