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emblanch

emblanch verb: to whiten.

Verb

emblanch (third-person singular simple present emblanches, present participle emblanching, simple past and past participle emblanched)

  1. (obsolete) To whiten.
    • it was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched1668, Peter Heylyn, Cyprianus Anglicus

Forms of emblanch

third-person singular presentemblanches
present participleemblanching
past participleemblanched
pastemblanched

Origin of emblanch

From em- + blanch.

Questions about emblanch

What does emblanch mean?
Emblanch means to whiten.
What part of speech is emblanch?
Emblanch is a verb.
What is the past tense of emblanch?
The past tense of emblanch is emblanched.

Words near emblanch in the dictionary

  1. embitterment
  2. embitterments
  3. embitters
  4. EMBL
  5. Embla
  6. emblanch
  7. emblanched
  8. emblanches
  9. emblanching
  10. emblaze
  11. emblazed

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