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decolorise

decolorise is the alternative spelling of decolorize.

Meaning of decolorize

Verb

decolorize (third-person singular simple present decolorizes, present participle decolorizing, simple past and past participle decolorized)

  1. (US, transitive) To remove the color from.
  2. (US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
    • According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331

Forms of decolorise

third-person singular presentdecolorises
present participledecolorising
past participledecolorised
pastdecolorised

Words formed from decolorise

Questions about decolorise

What is decolorise the alternative spelling of?
Decolorise is the alternative spelling of decolorize.

Words near decolorise in the dictionary

  1. decolorations
  2. decolored
  3. decoloring
  4. decolorisation
  5. decolorisations
  6. decolorise
  7. decolorised
  8. decoloriser
  9. decolorisers
  10. decolorises
  11. decolorising

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