nigrify

[nig-ruh-fahy]

verb (used with object), nig·ri·fied, nig·ri·fy·ing.

to blacken.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin nigrificāre to make black, blacken, equivalent to nigr- (stem of niger) black + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy

Related forms

nig·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun

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nigrify
verb
make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken] [ant: white]

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