to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach
Alsoesp Britdecolour
Derived forms
decoloration
noun
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME decolouren ‹ L dēcolōrāre, equiv. to dē-de- + colōrāre to color]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dial, gallery, peg, separate, structurede- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound)