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Definition: EBONIZING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb ebonize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(ebonize)
1. Stain black to make it look like ebony.[Wordnet].
2. To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: ebonizing, ebonized, ebonizes, ebonizer, ebonizers, ebonizingly and ebonizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Ebonizing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EBONIZING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb ebonize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(ebonize)
1. Stain black to make it look like ebony.[Wordnet].
2. To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: ebonizing, ebonized, ebonizes, ebonizer, ebonizers, ebonizingly and ebonizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "EBONIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: ebonize

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] To make black or tawny; to tinge with the color of ebony; as, to ebonize the fairest complexion. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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