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▪ I. discolorate, a.|dɪsˈkʌlər-, -ˈkɒlərət|
[ad. med.L. discolōrāt-us, pa. pple. of discolōrāre (Du Cange) to discolour; cf. OF. descoloré (Godef.).]
Discoloured; of different colours.
In recent Dicts.
▪ II. discolorate, v. rare.|dɪsˈkʌləreɪt|
Also 7 discolourate.
[f. med.L. discolōrāt-, ppl. stem f. discolōrāre: see prec.]
trans. = discolour v. 1.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋234 [It] doth variously affect and perturb the bloud, and discolorate it. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. vi. §31 The Clergie complained, that..the least mixture of Civil concernment in Religious matters so discolourated the Christian candor and purity thereof, that [etc.]. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xi. 7 Fields the rich Nile discolorates, a seven-fold River abounding. |