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decolour, -or, v.|dɪˈkʌlə(r)|
[a. F. décolore-r, or ad. L. dēcolōrāre, to deprive of its colour, discolour, f. de- I. 6 + colōrāre to colour. Cf. discolour.]
†1. trans. To discolour; fig. to stain.
c1618E. Bolton Hypercritica (1722) 210 That Herb, with which the Britanns are reported to have painted and decolour'd their Bodies. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 198, I remember with what character that proud Cardinall was decoloured.
2. To deprive of colour, decolorize. Hence deˈcolouring ppl. a.
1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 196 To which are added manganese and oxide of cobalt as decolouring substances. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. 160 Animal charcoal is used for the purpose of decolouring various liquids. |