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decolour

[dee-kuhl-er]

verb (used with object)

to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.

Also, especially British, de·col·our.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English decolouren < Latin dēcolōrāre, equivalent to dē- de- + colōrāre to color

Related forms

de·col·or·a·tion, noun

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decolour, decolorize or decolorise (diːˈkʌlə)

—vb
	(tr) to deprive of colour, as by bleaching

decolorize, decolorize or decolorise

—vb

decolorise, decolorize or decolorise

—vb

decolor'ation, decolorize or decolorise

—n

decolori'zation, decolorize or decolorise

—n

decolori'sation, decolorize or decolorise

—n

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