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col⋅or⋅ize

[kuhl-uh-rahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to cause to appear in color; enhance with color, esp. by computer: to colorize old black-and-white movies for television.
Also, especially British, col⋅or⋅ise.


Origin:
color + -ize


col⋅or⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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col·or·ize   (kŭl'ə-rīz')   
tr.v.   col·or·ized, col·or·iz·ing, col·or·iz·es
To impart color to (black-and-white film) by means of a computer-assisted process: "Be prepared . . . for the . . . colorized version of Topper" (Vincent Canby).
col'or·iz·er n.
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