WHITENED

white, whitened

(adjective) (of hair) having lost its color; “the white hairs of old age”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

whitened

simple past tense and past participle of whiten

Anagrams

• wideneth

Source: Wiktionary


WHITEN

Whit"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening.] Etym: [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.]

Definition: To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

Whit"en, v. t.

Definition: To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.

Syn.

– See Blanch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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