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discolorate

discolorate verb: to discolor.

Verb

discolorate (third-person singular simple present discolorates, present participle discolorating, simple past and past participle discolorated)

  1. (dated, transitive) To discolor.
    • so the least mixture of civil concernment in religious matters so discolorated the Christian candour1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of discolorate

third-person singular presentdiscolorates
present participlediscolorating
past participlediscolorated
pastdiscolorated

Questions about discolorate

What does discolorate mean?
Discolorate means to discolor.
What part of speech is discolorate?
Discolorate is a verb.
What is the past tense of discolorate?
The past tense of discolorate is discolorated.

Words near discolorate in the dictionary

  1. discolike
  2. discolith
  3. discoliths
  4. discolor
  5. discolor'd
  6. discolorate
  7. discolorated
  8. discolorates
  9. discolorating
  10. discoloration
  11. discolorations

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