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nigrify
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[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To blacken, to make black (literal and figurative).
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Origin
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mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From post-classical Latin nigrificare to blacken from classical Latin nigri-, alternative stem of niger black + -ficāre
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