blondening

Verb

blonden (third-person singular simple present blondens, present participle blondening, simple past and past participle blondened)

1. (intransitive) To turn blond
   • "Gamboling, sashaying, waving the parchment — bathed in the ever-blondening halo of our father's sweet deathbed blessing."2009, Jonathan Goldstein, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!, page 103
2. (transitive) To make blond
   • Kleis was still in the midst of preparation. For a woman past child- bearing years, there was more foundation work. Before cosmetics could be applied, a compound of egg whites was used to eradicate wrinkles and scytharium wood to blonden her hair.2014, Nancy Freedman, Sappho: The Tenth Muse, page 42